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[trans-ley-shuhn, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪ ʃən, trænz- /


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Others, considered non-optimal, lead to weaker translation and are more likely to be broken down.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

Disney’s official translation of the opening phrase “Nants’ingonyama bagithi Baba” is “All hail the king, we all bow in the presence of the king.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

William Tyndale’s English translation brought the text to ordinary churchgoers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

According to Ali Ansari, a historian of Iran at the University of St Andrews, the Persian translation of Trump’s 1987 book The Art of the Deal has attracted a following inside the Islamic republic.*

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

‘Theory’ occurs over and over again in Andrew Motte’s translation of 1729.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton