Example Sentences

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While they wait for the appropriate referrals, they are classified as "thuis zitters" literally translated as "people sitting at home".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Fried said she learned the slang term “to flip your wig,” which the Edenwald residents translated as losing your temper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“You can understand this story, and that’s why it translated so well into a tour because at the heart of it, it’s really a mother-daughter love story.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

She's sold more than eight million books worldwide and is translated into 44 different languages.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Yo quoted from Don Quijote in the original; she translated the passage on prisoners into instantaneous English.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez