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"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "takdang tulin"
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"roman": "vēga parimiti",
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"word": "వేగ పరిమితి"
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"word": "tốc độ tối đa"
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],
"word": "ограниче́ние ско́рости"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "límite de velocidad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "hastighetsbegränsning"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "takdang tulin"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vēga parimiti",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "వేగ పరిమితి"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "hız sınırı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obméžennja švýdkosti",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обме́ження шви́дкості"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "tốc độ tối đa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"word": "giới hạn tốc độ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "maximum speed permitted",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyfyngiad cyflymder"
}
],
"word": "speed limit"
}
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"msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Greek', 'code': 'el', 'sense': 'maximum speed permitted', 'roman': 'ório tachýtitos', 'tags': ['neuter'], 'word': ': όριο ταχύτητος'}",
"path": [
"speed limit"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "speed limit",
"trace": ""
}
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