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Definition of Retranslate

1. Verb. Translate again.

Definition of Retranslate

1. v. t. To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.

Definition of Retranslate

1. Verb. (transitive) To translate again or anew. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retranslate

1. translate [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: translate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retranslate

Literary usage of Retranslate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The college Irish grammar by Ulick Joseph Bourke (1868)
"... would do well to translate a few words daily from any correctly written Irish book,* and to retranslate the same at their leisure; when more fully ..."

2. The College Irish Grammar: Containing, Besides the Usual Subject of Grammar by Ulick Joseph Bourke (1856)
"... and retranslate the translation as well as he can into the original,— after this to compare what is thus retranslated with the text found in the author. ..."

3. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine (1871)
"If you want to write, retranslate from your English version into French. This is a short and easy way to master the French ; I know, having tried.—WJT 921. ..."

4. Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines edited by Enos Bronson (1812)
"Dr. Scott, wishing to retranslate the whole, this copy was ceded to him by the Professor ... On attempting to retranslate the tales published by M. Galland, ..."

5. Calendar by University of Calcutta (1906)
"(a) retranslate ¡tito Ciceroniana Latin :— . (i) Yon are accustomed to meet this line of argument by ..."

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