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translatable

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[tranz-layt-uh-buhl, trans-] / trænzˈleɪt ə bəl, træns- /

adjective

  1. able to be translated into another language; having a close equivalent in one or more other languages.

  2. able to be reproduced in or adapted to another medium, context, etc.


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"We used an invasive technique to reverse memory loss in our mice, and unfortunately this is not translatable to humans," Burns adds.

From Science Daily Jan. 16, 2024

“Because of the similarity in the underlying molecular pathology, there’s a growing idea in the field that therapies for genetic forms may be translatable to sporadic forms,” Finger says.

From Scientific American Mar. 9, 2023

Roughly translatable into English as “energy transformation,” the Energiewende has already cost Germany many billions of dollars; cumulative investment in renewables is on course to hit $580 billion by 2025.

From Washington Post Aug. 11, 2022

From this perspective, brains are computational devices, genetic causality works through “programs,” and the informational patterns constituting us are, in principle, translatable to the digital realm.

From Slate Mar. 22, 2022

I used to stop on my way home from work, but I couldn’t take the stares, which are easily translatable into: What are you doing here?

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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