translation
noun [ C or U ] uk/trænzˈleɪ.ʃən/ /trænsˈleɪ.ʃən/ us/trænsˈleɪ.ʃən/ /trænzˈleɪ.ʃən/
B1 （从一种语言到另一种语言的）翻译；译文
something that is translated, or the process of translating something, from one language to another
Students will do one Spanish translation a week. 孩子们每周做一次西班牙语翻译。
A literal translation of "euthanasia" would be "good death". euthanasia 这个词从字面上翻译就是“安乐死”。
The English version is boring - maybe it has lost something in translation (= is not as good as the original). 英语版读起来枯燥乏味——也许翻译得有点儿走味。
in translation 翻译过来的
changed into someone's own language, not in the original language
She reads Proust in translation. 她读的是普鲁斯特作品的译本。
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- I have tried to keep my translation as faithful as possible to the original book.
- The novel's complex, imaginative style does not lend itself to translation.
- Her translation is too literal , resulting in heavy, unnatural prose.
- It's only a loose translation of the poem.
- The translation of the instructions was so poor they were just nonsense.