as in translating
an instance of expressing something in different words
had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian
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Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The Japanese book was published in an English translation in 2019 and was a finalist for the National Book Award and International Booker Price.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
DeepL is one of the most powerful translation tools available today.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, armed with a translation device developed by sympathetic science crew member Dorothy (Patsy Ferran), Mickey 17 defies Marshall’s leadership to warn the creepers, who have their own resilient means of retaliation.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Translation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translation. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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