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had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian
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Recent Examples of translations
His first collection, Death of a Naturalist, was published by Faber and Faber in 1966 and was followed by eleven other volumes of poetry, as well as collections of literary criticism, anthologies, translations, and verse plays.
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Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
These considerations led us to add the volume The Unknown Kerouac, with early journals and translations from the joual, to our ongoing multivolume Kerouac edition.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
There were very few Persian translations (not to mention texts to translate).
—Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
The translations look good – fluent, idiomatic, convincing.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The Aramco magazine has covered Albanian folk music, Muslim influences on American blues, Arabic translations of superhero comics, and the migration of camels.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
In some English translations the afflicting insects are lice.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Video tools include text-to-video, image-to-video, caption generation, YouTube summaries, transcriptions, and translations.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Originally published by Random House last January, the book has sold in 28 other markets, with 27 foreign translations.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
These considerations led us to add the volume The Unknown Kerouac, with early journals and translations from the joual, to our ongoing multivolume Kerouac edition.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
There were very few Persian translations (not to mention texts to translate).
—Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
The translations look good – fluent, idiomatic, convincing.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The Aramco magazine has covered Albanian folk music, Muslim influences on American blues, Arabic translations of superhero comics, and the migration of camels.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
In some English translations the afflicting insects are lice.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Video tools include text-to-video, image-to-video, caption generation, YouTube summaries, transcriptions, and translations.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Originally published by Random House last January, the book has sold in 28 other markets, with 27 foreign translations.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for translations
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Gemini outputs can include summaries and snippets of email or files, and that data can then become fodder for AI training.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Core features include writing tools for blog posts, summaries, and social content, along with keyword research and editing capabilities.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some of the suspects try to minimize their actions with euphemisms or paraphrases; others do so with explanations that the prosecutors find utterly implausible.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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Nor is the sheer weight of restatements in Barcelona’s most recent sets of accounts.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Legally require advance public notice, impact estimates and historical restatements when definitions or calculations change.—
Brent Dykes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Translations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translations. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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