translation/træns'leɪ∫ən/

n.

➊ the process of translating

➋ sth that has been translated

n.

➊ [U] 翻译：Something must have gotten lost in translation. 翻译过程中一定有东西没译出来。

➋ [C] 译文；译本：[translation of sth] a new translation of The Old Man and the Sea 《老人与海》的新译本

◇do a translation of a contract 翻译一份合同

◇I've only read Gone with the Wind in translation. 我只读过《飘》的翻译本。

构词translate + -ion

常犯错误

✗ He doesn't know English, so he has to read Shakespeare in the translation.

✓ He doesn't know English, so he has to read Shakespeare in translation. 他不懂英文，所以只得读莎士比亚作品的译本。