back-translation

See also: backtranslation

English

Alternative forms

• backtranslation

Etymology

From back- +‎ translation.

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.
2. (translation studies, countable) A text which has been translated in such a fashion.
3. (genetics) The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code.

Related terms

• back-translate
• back-transliteration

Translations

process

Chinese: Mandarin: 回譯 / 回译 (huíyì) Finnish: takaisinkääntäminen French: rétrotraduction (fr) f German: Rückübersetzung f Polish: retranslacja f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: återöversättning c

text

Chinese: Mandarin: 回譯 / 回译 (huíyì) Finnish: takaisinkäännös French: rétrotraduction (fr) f German: Rückübersetzung f Polish: retranslacja f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: återöversättning c