"back-translation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: back-translations [plural]
Etymology: From back- + translation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back-|translation}} back- + translation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} back-translation (countable and uncountable, plural back-translations)
  1. (translation studies, uncountable) The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Translation studies Translations (process): 回譯 (Chinese Mandarin), 回译 (huíyì) (Chinese Mandarin), takaisinkääntäminen (Finnish), rétrotraduction [feminine] (French), Rückübersetzung [feminine] (German), retranslacja [feminine] (Polish), återöversättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-back-translation-en-noun-Yzunbkcv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with back-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 23 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with back-: 61 21 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 23 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 28 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 26 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 17 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 61 19 20 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies Disambiguation of 'process': 100 0 0
  2. (translation studies, countable) A text which has been translated in such a fashion. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Translation studies Translations (text): 回譯 (Chinese Mandarin), 回译 (huíyì) (Chinese Mandarin), takaisinkäännös (Finnish), rétrotraduction [feminine] (French), Rückübersetzung [feminine] (German), retranslacja [feminine] (Polish), återöversättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-back-translation-en-noun-YT8djJ~H Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies Disambiguation of 'text': 0 100 0
  3. (genetics) The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-back-translation-en-noun-M3zWhFhh Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backtranslation Related terms: back-translate, back-transliteration

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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