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Collocations for translation - noun

ADJ.

accurate, correct, exact | approximate, free, rough | direct, literal, straight, word-for-word | English, Japanese, etc. | simultaneous
There will be simultaneous translation in English and Chinese.
automatic, machine
advances in machine translation

VERB + TRANSLATION

do, make
I''ve got this translation to do for Friday. | She tried making her own translation of the sign without consulting a dictionary.
work on | read | survive
The poems do not survive the translation into English.
lose sth in
The irony is lost in translation.

TRANSLATION + VERB

read
The translation of the Latin motto reads ‘Not for oneself, but for others’.

TRANSLATION + NOUN

process | service, work | facilities | exercise | equivalent

PREP.

for ~
Each unit of the course ends with sentences for translation.
in ~
I read the book in translation, not in the original Norwegian.
~ into
Simultaneous translation into English is available to delegates.

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