translation

US: /tɹænˈsɫeɪʃən/, /tɹænzˈɫeɪʃən/
UK: /tɹænslˈe‍ɪʃən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


translation /træns'leiʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự dịch; bản (bài) dịch
      • a good translation: một bản dịch tốt
    • sự chuyển sang, sự biến thành
    • sự giải thích, sự coi là
    • sự thuyển chuyển (một giám mục) sang địa phận khác
    • sự truyền lại, sự truyền đạt lại (một bức điện)
    • (toán học); (kỹ thuật) sự tịnh tiến

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 [U] ~ (of sth) (into sth)
~ (from sth) (into sth) the process of changing sth that is written or spoken into another language: an error in translation + He specializes in translation from Danish into English. + The book loses something in translation.
2 [C, U] a text or work that has been changed from one language into another: to make / do a translation of a document + The usual translation of 'glasnost' is 'openness'. + a rough / a literal / an exact translation + I have only read Tolstoy in translation. + a copy of Dryden's translation of the Aeneid
3 [U] ~ (of sth) into sth the process of changing sth into a different form: the translation of theory into practice + the translation of sporting potential into Olympic gold medals

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 conversion, paraphrase, interpretation, transcription, transliteration, rendering, rendition, metaphrase, gloss, decipherment, decoding:
It was Michael Ventris who was responsible for the translation of Linear B.
2 metamorphosis, change, alteration, transmutation, transfiguration, transformation, transmogrification, transubstantiation, conversion:
The translation from the caterpillar to the butterfly is miraculous.
3 interpretation, rewriting, rewrite, explanation, rewording, elucidation:
He is well known for his translation of abstract ideas into terms that an intelligent layman could cope with.
4 transfer, transference, transferral, conveyance, carrying, moving, movement, transportation, transport, forwarding, shipping, shipment, sending, transmission, dispatch or despatch:
His translation to a minor consular post in the south Pacific was expected.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

accurate, correct, exact | approximate, free, rough | direct, literal, straight, word-for-word | English, Japanese, etc. | simultaneous
There will be simultaneous translation in English and Chinese.
| automatic, machine
advances in machine translation

VERB + TRANSLATION

do, make
I've got this translation to do for Friday. She tried making her own translation of the sign without consulting a dictionary.
| work on | read | survive
The poems do not survive the translation into English.
| lose sth in
The irony is lost in translation.

TRANSLATION + VERB

read
The translation of the Latin motto reads ‘Not for oneself, but for others’.

TRANSLATION + NOUN

process | service, work | facilities | exercise | equivalent

PREP.

for ~
Each unit of the course ends with sentences for translation.
| in ~
I read the book in translation, not in the original Norwegian.
| ~ into
Simultaneous translation into English is available to delegates.


Concise English dictionary


translationstrænz'leɪʃn ,-s-
noun
+a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
+a uniform movement without rotation
+the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
+(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
+(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
+rewording something in less technical terminology
+the act of uniform movement