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Definition of "retranslate" []

  • To translate (something already translated) into a different language. (verb-transitive)
  • To change the form of (something) into something new. (verb-transitive)
  • To retranslate material. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "retranslate" in a sentence
  • "Neither insisting on the greatness of these writers nonetheless, nor attempting to reinterpret or literally retranslate them into contemporary idioms and assumptions will forestall this for long."
  • "This practice is useless, because it is often easier to retranslate the document than try to correct all the errors and still have a halfway decent translation in the end."
  • "Funny to hit this posting a few minutes after reading a post at Balloon Juice about the Conservapedia project to retranslate the Bible (from the original King James to modern English), in the process cleaning up the liberal-biased language and the parts of the Gospels that are inauthentic (liberal) interpolations, and laying proper emphasis on the parables that show the values of the free market."