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feminine

/tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

translation

Word origin

From Latin traductio ('a leading across, a transfer'), from traducere ('to lead across'), built on trans- ('across') and ducere ('to lead'). English took the same verb for 'traduce', while 'translation' came instead from Latin translatio.

Origin: Latin
Root: traductio
English cognates: traduce, duct, conduct

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraltraductions

Examples

The French translation of the novel is excellent.

He earns his living doing technical translations.

Something is always lost in translation.

- .

Hand in the translation of this text to me before Friday.

Cette automatique .

This machine translation is worthless.

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This word is part of lesson 33.