lost in translation
Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated.
I tried reading the instruction manual but many of the steps were unfortunately lost in translation.
translation
/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
noun 5
Collocations
20(noun.)
ADJ
accurate, correct, exact | approximate, free, rough | direct, literal, straight, word-for-word | English, Japanese, etc.
simultaneous
The conference offered simultaneous translation so that speakers from different countries could understand each other.
automatic, machine
The automatic translation feature on my phone helps me read messages from my Spanish friends.
VERB + TRANSLATION
do, make
I need to make a translation of this document before the meeting tomorrow afternoon.
work on | read
survive
The humor in the original joke didn't survive the translation into French.
lose sth in
The humor of the original joke was lost in translation when we showed it to our French friends.
TRANSLATION + VERB
read
The English translation reads "Love conquers all" in the original poem.
TRANSLATION + NOUN
process | service, work | facilities | exercise | equivalent
PREP
for ~
The teacher gave us a difficult paragraph for translation as homework.
in ~
My daughter enjoys reading fairy tales in translation so she can understand them better.
~ into
The poet's work was finally translated into Spanish last year.
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