retranslation
- a word derived from translation.
Example Sentences
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“I think of it as a retranslation of speech patterns, like you find with MCs and in hip-hop.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2017
For weeks, I fielded calls from anxious relatives, inventing excuse after excuse as to why I had still not produced a groundbreaking retranslation of “War and Peace.”
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2014
Anyone invoking the Bible these days is always well advised to double-check his quotation; in the current flurry of Biblical revision and retranslation, it might have suddenly become archaic or incorrect.
From Time Magazine Archive
The original translator, at a meeting of the group, has submitted his work to the rest for criticism and correction, amounting at times to retranslation.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin
The source of the error can be discovered by retranslation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
