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n. - The act of uniform movement; The act of changing in form or shape or appearance; Rewording something in less technical terminology; A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language;

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  • A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface
  • This translation is a mostly literal translation from the Italian text on the Vatican website.
  • I particularly think that the title translation is SO bad.
  • But this Swedish novella in translation is the only one already at hand.
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