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translation

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


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Set in 1930s Japan-controlled Taiwan, the book poses as a translation of a rediscovered Japanese travel memoir penned by fictional writer Aoyama Chizuko.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Elaborately framed as the translation of a rediscovered travel memoir, complete with fictional footnotes, many readers thought it was about a genuine historic text when the book was first published in 2020.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“Kafka was a foreigner everywhere, especially in Prague,” Maïa Hruska writes in her absorbing book, “Kafkaesque,” which receives a fittingly attentive translation from the French by Sam Taylor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Documentation received before the hearing had "undergone a process of translation," he added.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

I'd liked to've asked Miss Wyche, our French teacher, to check my translation.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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