translations
Cross-linguistic text versions
Translations are texts converted from one language into another, or the act of converting them: The translations from Latin were unreliable.
Translation also means converting between forms or systems more broadly—turning ideas into action, data into insights, or technical jargon into plain speech.
Something was lost in translation suggests meaning degraded through conversion.
One who conveys meaning between languages
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
subtitles · dubbing · transcription · transliteration · paraphrase · localize · literal · word-for-word
Adapting for specific markets
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- idiomaticCharacteristic of natural speech
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
context · connotation · equivalent · domestication · transcreation · regional · colloquial · vernacular
One who conveys meaning between languages
- simultaneousHappening at same time
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- certifiedOfficially declared valid
- swornBound by formal promise
legal · medical · literary · technical · conference · court · diplomatic · freelance
Sacred religious writings
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- SeptuagintGreek translation of Hebrew scriptures
exegesis · sacred · liturgical · missionary · biblical · Luther · canonical · apocrypha
Folded amino chain
- geneHereditary information unit
- ribosomeProtein synthesis site
- mRNAGene's working copy
- DNAHereditary code molecule
codon · biosynthesis · transcription · expression · synthesis · cellular · molecular · genetic
interpreter
One who conveys meaning between languages
localization · subtitles · dubbing · transcription · transliteration · paraphrase · localize · literal · word-for-word · sense-for-sense
localization
Adapting for specific markets
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- idiomaticCharacteristic of natural speech
nuance · context · connotation · equivalent · domestication · transcreation · regional · colloquial · vernacular · sensitivity
interpreter
One who conveys meaning between languages
- simultaneousHappening at same time
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- certifiedOfficially declared valid
sworn · legal · medical · literary · technical · conference · court · diplomatic · freelance · agency
scripture
Sacred religious writings
Septuagint · exegesis · sacred · liturgical · missionary · biblical · Luther · canonical · apocrypha · manuscript
protein
Folded amino chain
DNA · codon · biosynthesis · transcription · expression · synthesis · cellular · molecular · genetic · polypeptide
transformation
Thorough change in form
- vectorQuantity with direction
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- coordinateArrange for unified action
geometric · rotation · reflection · shift · mapping · function · plane · axis · parallel · congruent
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
- Chinese dictionariesdictionaries, Chinese-English, English-Chinese, entries, definitions
- crowdsourcingcrowdwork, microtask, hits, worker, requester
- TEDTED Talks, TED-Ed, speakers, ideas, conference
- translated booksabridged version, annotated edition
- Translated Literaturebilingual texts, bilingual books
translationsoriginals
Authentic first versions
original works · original compositions · source texts · primary sources · original manuscripts
- lost in translationMeaning altered between languages
- word-for-word translationRendering matching each term exactly
- Bible translationsSacred text in various languages
- book translationsTexts converted between languages
- literal translationExact rendering across languages
- English translationText converted between languages
translation, mistranslation, translational, retranslation, retranslations