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Definition of Retranslations
1. retranslation [n] - See also: retranslation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retranslations
Literary usage of Retranslations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture, 1790-1990 by Nian-Sheng Huang (1994)
"Both were retranslations from the French. Soon afterward two American editions were
... All were pirated translations or retranslations from the French. ..."
2. Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture, 1790-1990 by Nian-Sheng Huang (1994)
"Both were retranslations from the French. Soon afterward two American editions were
... All were pirated translations or retranslations from the French. ..."
3. Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society by Godfrey Matthew Evans (1871)
"Greek Prose Translations of English Passages, or Retranslations ... Greek Verse
Iambic chiefly—generally Translations or Retranslations. ..."
4. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"Of such manuscripts as have descended to us, most are but Latin retranslations
of Greek translations, made principally ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1914)
"... in Bentham's collected Works, published after his death, many of the most
important treatises are retranslations into English from Dumont's versions. ..."
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