translation

Although the translation is not perfect, he did it to the best of his ability.

虽然这翻译并不尽善尽美, 但他已尽力而为了.

Never mind the exact technical specification; just give us a free translation of what the machine can do.

别在意要有精确的技术说明, 只要把那机器的功用给我们意译一下就可以了.

He believed in the students being taught on the translation method.

他觉得用翻译法教学生比较好.

Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.

翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵.

The translation does not quite correspond to the original.

译文不切原意.

I read the book in translation, not in the original Norwegian.

这本书我读的是译本, 不是挪威文原著.

The editor is giving explanatory notes to the translation.

编者在注解译文.

It's just a very rough translation.

这只是一篇非常粗糙的译稿.

The translation is well done except for a few small mistakes.

除却几处小错,翻译练习做得就是很好的了.

An English translation is now being prepared.

英文译本正在准备之中.

an error in translation

误译

a word-for-word translation

字字对应的翻译

Much of the book's humour has been lost in translation <GLOSS>(= is no longer effective when translated)</GLOSS> .

本书的许多幽默元素已在翻译过程中丢失。

a copy of Dryden's translation of the Aeneid

一本德莱顿翻译的史诗《埃湼阿斯纪》

...MacNiece's excellent English translation of 'Faust'...

麦克尼斯精彩的《浮士德》英文译本

He is deep in translation.

他在翻译方面有很深的造诣.

He specializes in translation from Danish into English.

他专门从事把丹麦文译成英文的工作。

Much of the wit is lost in translation…

很多诙谐的成分都在翻译中丢失了。

I've only read Solzhenitsyn in translation.

索尔仁尼琴的作品我只读过译本。

The exercises are mostly translation exercises.

练习大部分是翻译练习.

The translation reads smoothly.

译文畅达.

a literal translation (= following the original words exactly)

直译

a rough translation (= not translating everything exactly)

粗略的翻译

French filmmakers say American remakes are losing something in the translation.

法国电影人说美国翻拍的版本丧失了原作的部分精髓。

the translation of theory into practice

从理论到实践的转化

The book loses something in translation .

此书在翻译过程中丢失了一些原意。

a free translation (= not following the original words exactly)

意译

The irony is lost in translation .

原文的反语用法在翻译中丢失了。

I have only read Tolstoy in translation .

我只读过托尔斯泰作品的译本。

The usual translation of ‘glasnost ’ is ‘openness ’.

glasnost一词通常译为openness（公开性）。