Translation facts for kids
Translation means to copy writing or speech from one language into a different language.
The people who do translation are called translators. A translator who is copying a book into another language may use a language dictionary to find out how a word is written in another language. A translator who works with the spoken word is also called an interpreter. Translators can work independently as freelancers or by being hired by translation agencies. People translate poetry, novels, drama, or short stories are called literary translators.
In computer technology, translation from a programming language to a machine language is called compiling. There are free translators on the internet.
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Images for kids
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Rosetta Stone, a secular icon for the art of translation
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Buddhist Diamond Sutra, translated into Chinese by Kumārajīva: world's oldest known dated printed book (868 CE)
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Perry Link
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Venuti
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Mark Twain back-translated his own story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
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Hernán Cortés and La Malinche meet Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan, 8 November 1519.
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Claude Piron
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Mistranslation: Michelangelo's horned Moses
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Chinese translation, verses 33–34 of Quran's surah (chapter) 36
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See also
In Spanish: Traducción para niños
