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translation

[trans-ley-shuhn, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪ ʃən, trænz- /


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"We've been hunting for it for a long time. This discovery opens up a whole new chapter in understanding how the microbiome and our diet can influence the translation of our genes."

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Disney’s official translation of the opening phrase “Nants’ingonyama bagithi Baba” is “All hail the king, we all bow in the presence of the king.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

His linguistic gifts and poetic sensibility for the English language, then in its infancy, gave his translation a vibrancy, immediacy, charm and clarity that have never been matched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

According to Ali Ansari, a historian of Iran at the University of St Andrews, the Persian translation of Trump’s 1987 book The Art of the Deal has attracted a following inside the Islamic republic.*

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

Mulch had a prodigious appetite for tunneling, and that, unfortunately, is a literal translation.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer