translation

Example Sentences

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The effect heightens the romanticism of characters who are no longer lost to us in translation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

These three novellas were written in the 1920s, after the fall of the empire, and in their baroque translation by John Batki they cast back upon bygone times with wistfulness, charm and winking humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"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

The complaint also argues that Jonasi presented his translation “as authoritative fact, not comedy,” so it shouldn’t get the 1st Amendment protections afforded to parody and satire.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

To Louisa and Miss Genovese, who didn’t speak French, he would have used the easy grade-school translation, maybe, the one for American ears.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse