translation guide

Cross-lingual reference tool

A translation guide is a reference resource that helps convert text or speech from one language to another, typically providing vocabulary, phrases, and grammatical notes for travelers or students.

The term also applies to any document explaining how to interpret or convert between systems: The company issued a translation guide for the new product codes.

A person who assists with translation may informally be called a translation guide.

Related

native speaker · localization · terminology · foreign language · target language · lexicography · Rosetta Stone · compendium · reference book · cheat sheet · source language · word for word · subtitles · thesaurus · vocabulary · babel · handbook · syntax

Categories
Opposites
comprehensiveness vs. specificity

translation guideencyclopedia

Comprehensive subject-matter collection

assistance vs. obstruction

translation guidecipher

Hidden writing system

coded message · language barrier · gibberish

mediated vs. unmediated understanding

translation guideoriginal text

First unedited version

native fluency · source document · primary source

Family

guide, guidance, translate, translation, translator, translatable, guidance counselor, guidance system

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G