How to Use translation in a Sentence

translation

noun
  • She is working on a translation of the novel.
  • There were English translations on the menu.
  • All the Lovers in the Night is a new novel, once more a translation from Bett and Boyd.
    — Idra Novey, The Atlantic, 22 May 2022
  • Read on for a breakdown of what’s changed in the translation from page to screen.
    — Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Aug. 2021
  • This was one of our favorite translations of the evening’s dandy theme.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 May 2025
  • But the rough translation of the full plot leak tells us the villains will be reformed.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Dec. 2021
  • How can this be useful in the translation to the public?
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Their first task was a translation of the game’s Star Wars-style opening scroll.
    — Aidan Moher, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Four more translations from the author are in the pipeline.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • Double-click on a single word for a white text box to show the translation.
    — Reece Rogers, Wired, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In the United States, about 3% of all books published are works in translation.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Life might require a bit of translation for the time being.
    — Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The new find represents one of the earliest translations of the Gospels.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The text is similar to the King James translation of the Bible used in many Protestant churches.
    — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
  • The whole thing was just a poor, diluted translation of the Hebrew word.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
  • First of all, Kevin [Feige] didn't want to make a literal translation of what was in the comic book.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2022
  • By the fourth century, there was even a Bible translation in the vulgate.
    — Fay Vincent, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The translation is that Watson could play now if a team wanted him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • But the award placed the book at the center of a fierce debate about literary translations.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Screens on either side of the black box stage provide the English translation.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the flavor, the gusto, of the endeavor gets lost in translation.
    — Todd Pitock, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The videos are all in Russian but come with Chinese translations.
    — Yong Xiong, Todd Symons, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Her cloned voice can only be used for this book’s translations.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The bar, named after the Chinese translation for Lithuania — Litaowan — sells a range of fruit wines, vodka and beer from the Baltic state.
    — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
  • True to the name's translation, the bag became Diana's favorite.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the details about Tracy may have gotten lost in time or lost in translation.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
  • This spring, it is being reissued in a crisp new translation from Damion Searls.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The translation also means the name has a link to nature, just like their other daughters, Wren, 8, and Ivy, 5.
    — PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2021
  • But the sight of eight white people in shorts and backpacks panicking at the pier didn’t need much translation.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But real-time sign translation could effectively give deaf folks an interpreter in their pocket.
    — Simon Hill, Wired News, 7 May 2025

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