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B1 Topic:Communication

US /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ UK /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #5997

Meanings

1

noun
Words or text that have been changed from one language into another.

I read an English translation of the Russian novel.
2

noun
The act or process of changing words from one language into another.

This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.

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Forms translattranslations

Derived forms autotranslationback-translationcotranslationfanlationfanslationfortrangyrotranslationhypertranslationintertranslationmechanotranslationmistranslationnontranslational

Related forms interpretationtranslatabilitytranslatable translate translated translative translator translatoryuntranslatabilityuntranslatableuntranslatablenessuntranslatably

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Etymology

From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.

*telh₂- (bear) Proto-Indo-European translacioun Middle English trānslātiō Latin

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# translation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 5997

## Meanings
1. Words or text that have been changed from one language into another.
2. The act or process of changing words from one language into another.

## Examples
- I read an English translation of the Russian novel.
- This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.

## Derived Forms
- autotranslation
- back-translation
- cotranslation
- fanlation
- fanslation
- fortran
- gyrotranslation
- hypertranslation
- intertranslation
- mechanotranslation
- mistranslation
- nontranslational

## Related Forms
- interpretation
- translatability
- translatable
- translate
- translated
- translative
- translator
- translatory
- untranslatability
- untranslatable
- untranslatableness
- untranslatably

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *telh₂- (bear)
- Root: translacioun
- Root: trānslātiō

## Etymology
From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.

## AI Etymology
Translation is from Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending. In present-day use, it can mean words or text that have been changed from one language into another, or the act or process of changing words from one language into another. Derived formations include autotranslation, back-translation, cotranslation, fanlation, fanslation, fortran, gyrotranslation, hypertranslation.

## Topics
- Communication

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