translation
noun
trænsˈleɪʃən
noun
1
when
you
translate
something,
or
something
that
has
been
translated
翻译; 翻译作品，译文
C,U
[+
of
]
a
new
translation
of
the
Bible
《圣经》的新译本
[+
from
]
a
literal
translation
from
Arabic
直译自阿拉伯语的作品
She
read
the
letter
and
gave
us
a
rough
translation
(=she
did
not
translate
everything
exactly)
.
她看了信，给我们粗略地翻译了一下。
I’ve
only
read
‘Madame
Bovary’
in
translation
(=not
in
its
original
language)
.
我只读过《包法利夫人》的翻译本。
Much
of
the
book’s
humour
has
been
lost
in
translation
(=is
no
longer
effective
when
translated)
.
这本书的很多幽默之处在翻译过程中丢失了。
2
the
process
of
changing
something
into
a
different
form
[正式] 转化
U | formal