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"translation" in seven languages

Meaningtranslation

Spanish

traducción

/tɾadukˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

traduction

/tʁadyksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

traduzione

/traduˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

tradução

/tɾaduˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

traducere

/traˈdutʃere/

fem.learned

Catalan

traducció

/tɾəduksiˈo/

fem.learned

English

translation

/tɹænsˈleɪʃən/

other source · Latin TRĀNSLĀTIŌNEM 'carrying across'

English → ItaliantranslationtraduzioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: traduce; translate (from TRĀNSLĀTUM).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TRĀDUCTIŌNEM‘a leading across’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Latin had both TRĀNSFERRE (participle TRĀNSLĀTUM) and TRĀDŪCERE for carrying across; English kept the first, the sisters the second, after Italian humanists used tradurre for translating in the 15th century.

English relatives: traduce; translate (from TRĀNSLĀTUM)

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLa traducción es mejor que el original.
  • frLa traduction est meilleure que l'original.
  • itLa traduzione è migliore dell'originale.
  • ptA tradução é melhor que o original.
  • roTraducerea e mai bună decât originalul.
  • caLa traducció és millor que l'original.
  • enThe translation is better than the original.

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