in translation

idiom

: in translated form

I have only read Dostoyevsky in translation.

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The leaks, first posted on 4chan, were machine-translated which results in some things being lost in translation from the original Japanese. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 So before getting to the quotes, there is a chance that there may be some things that are lost in translation. —

Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 The German script, heavy on wordplay and puns, loses a bit in translation but Spieler, made two years before Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, remains a post-modern gem full of in-joke references for the genre cinephile. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Some jokes are like a fine wine and age well with time; others get rather lost in translation as the centuries pass. —

Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in translation

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