Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 31 compound words that contain translation. The most common are listed below. Open translation in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- machine translationThe act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.
- translation studiesThe study of the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, especially in an academic context, combining elements of social science and the humanities.
- Translation services
- translation dictionaryA multilingual dictionary assisting translation between two or more languages.
- lost in translationUnable to be understood due to having been poorly translated.
- back-translationThe process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.
- translation memoryA database that stores previously translated content to aid human translators, commonly abbreviated as TM.
- Language translation
- Translation initiation
- wave of translationSynonym of carrier wave: A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.
- loan translationSynonym of calque: A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
- computer-aided translationThe use of software to assist a human translator in the translation process.
- sight translationThe act of translating a written text out loud.
- waves of translationplural of wave of translation: A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.
- nick translationA tagging technique in molecular biology in which DNA polymerase I is used to replace some of the nucleotides of a DNA sequence with their labelled analogues, creating a tagged sequence which can be used as a probe in hybridization or …
- translation memoriesplural of translation memory: A database that stores previously translated content to aid human translators, commonly abbreviated as TM.
- translation screwleadscrew
- translation dictionariesplural of translation dictionary: A multilingual dictionary assisting translation between two or more languages.
- bridge translationA translation that rewrites an intermediate literal translation.
- interlingual machine translationA classic method where the source language is converted into an abstract, language-independent representation called interlingua.
- thick translationA style of translation which features an abundant use of annotations and glosses.
- translation screwsplural of translation screw: leadscrew
Compound words 31
- FORTRANAlternative letter-case form of Fortran, particularly its early forms.
- fanslationAn unofficial translation of the dialogue or text of a media product (such as a manga, television programme, or video game) from one language to another which is done by fans rather than by its producer.
- fanlationTranslation by fans.
- scanlationThe process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet.
- transflectionA type of spectroscopic measurement produced by transmitting light through a sample and reflecting it back through the sample onto a probe.
- translationeseLanguage exhibiting awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation, such as due to overly literal translation of idioms or syntax.
- overtranslationThe act of overtranslating.
- undertranslationThe act or result of undertranslating.
- transcreationAn adaptation of a creative work into another language or culture.
- retranslationTranslation again or anew.