"parallel text" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parallel texts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} parallel text (plural parallel texts)
  1. A text placed alongside its translation or translations. Sometimes called a side-by-side translation. Categories (topical): Translation studies Synonyms: bitext Related terms: alt text (english: alternative text) Translations (text placed alongside its translation): text paral·lel [masculine] (Catalan), 平行文本 (píngxíng wénběn) (Chinese Mandarin), rinnakkaisteksti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-parallel_text-en-noun-QVJraxjb Disambiguation of Translation studies: 71 29 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'text placed alongside its translation': 83 17
  2. A text similar to one being translated. Translations (text similar to one being translated): text paral·lel [masculine] (Catalan), 平行文本 (píngxíng wénběn) (Chinese Mandarin), rinnakkaisteksti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-parallel_text-en-noun--E5Q-19~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'text similar to one being translated': 7 93

Inflected forms

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píngxíng wénběn",
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          "word": "平行文本"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "text similar to one being translated",
          "word": "rinnakkaisteksti"
        }
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "text paral·lel"
    },
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      "sense": "text placed alongside its translation",
      "word": "平行文本"
    },
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      "sense": "text placed alongside its translation",
      "word": "rinnakkaisteksti"
    },
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