ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Back-translation

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Back-translation is a noun meaning (translation studies, uncountable) The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.

Meaning

(translation studies, uncountable) The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.

More Meanings

  1. (translation studies, countable) A text which has been translated in such a fashion.
  2. (genetics) The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backtranslation, retranslation, retransliteration, version, retrotranslocation, overtranslation.

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