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A: Once I am translating, my intentions are to convey the tone of what is before me in as precise a language as possible. My task is limited to working with words.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2014

I have a message from Moscow which I am translating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Engel thinks I am translating von Linden’s horrid notes, but I am sneaking in a few recipe cards of my own because I have got ahead of her.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

To make this easier, I am translating the ticket seller’s speech from Aberdeen Doric.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

P. S. I am translating the 'Oberon' of Wieland; it is a difficult language, and I can translate at least as fast as I can construe.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph