text translation

Written word rendering

Text translation is the conversion of written content from one language to another, preserving meaning while adapting to the target language's grammar, idioms, and cultural context.

Distinguished from interpretation, which handles spoken language in real time.

The text translation was accurate but lost some of the poem's rhythm.

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Opposites
modality of language transfer

text translationsign language interpretation

Translating spoken words into gestures

presence vs. absence of language conversion

text translationoriginal text

First unedited version

source text

direction of conversion

text translationtranscription

Written version of speech

transliteration · speech-to-text · dictation

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