How to Use translation in a Sentence

translation

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  • She is working on a translation of the novel.
  • There were English translations on the menu.
  • Their first task was a translation of the game’s Star Wars-style opening scroll.
    — Aidan Moher, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The new find represents one of the earliest translations of the Gospels.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Screens on either side of the black box stage provide the English translation.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Her cloned voice can only be used for this book’s translations.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • True to the name's translation, the bag became Diana's favorite.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Refugee students must now make the switch to French, and government forms need translation.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But if the user came back a month later, the model wouldn’t instantly know how to do the same translation.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In those cases, the team will hold a three-way call with Language Line staff who provide translation.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Perhaps via the word-to-word translation of a German joke about a shoemaker.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 14 May 2023
  • The series’ success in Ukraine was partly down to the high quality of its translation.
    — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Tynedale paid for his assertive, personal translation with a one-way visit to the stake.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In one instance, small adjustments to the translation were made to provide context that would have been clear to the speaker.
    — New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • As with all great acts of translation, Mullen’s methods may be unknowable to us.
    — Vulture, 9 Feb. 2023
  • This documentary shows the efforts to trace back to how the translation happened, and its impact since.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The concept was hard to explain — there was a word for it in Italian but Gherardo couldn’t come up with the English translation.
    — Devin Friedman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The proceedings have been slow because of the sheer scope of the case, the labyrinthine justice system and the laborious demands of translation.
    — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
  • In recent years, Kundera allowed the translation of his late works in French into Czech.
    — Lori Hinnant and Elaine Ganley, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Wright never griped to the producers about Ginny’s role being reduced in the translation from book to screen.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Putin spoke in Russian, and the translation was provided by Carlson’s show.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The audio is below, along with my translation of the transcript, which has been edited for length and clarity.
    — Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Most of my contributions to this translation have to do with word choice, register, and tone.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Like translations, most biographies are for the time of their audience.
    — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
  • An earlier statement given to the BBC had called it a translation error.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The version on our site is an English translation of Tommy Calle’s report.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Their mistake was to email the in-house translation service and not scrutinize its reply too closely.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 29 July 2023
  • The Duchess of Edinburgh, 58, was likely listening to a translation of what was being said.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • On Wednesday night, Piers Morgan shared the names reportedly featured in the translation on his show.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The availability of an English translation is not yet known.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023

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