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HSK
a translation that takes liberties with the original text
interpreting
English-Chinese parallel text
to decipher; to decode
to translate / to interpret
machine translation
simultaneous interpretation
to translate (to another language) / to convert
point-and-translate (computing)
to translate a term into Chinese using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译) (e.g. 超文本, 火車|火车)
modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation
(old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter
loan translation / to calque
simultaneous translation
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to translate / to interpret
HSK 7-9
quoted (from) / translation of selected passages
to correct (improve) a translation
translated
machine translation
transcreation (adaptation of a creative work for an audience of a different culture)
to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 4
to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors)
to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code)
literal translation
two-way translation
simultaneous interpretation (Tw)
derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合, derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
Chinese and English two-way translation
English translation
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols
written translation
formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋, 朗姆酒, 奶昔 and 米老鼠)


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