back-translation

back-translation

See also: backtranslation

English

Alternative forms

• backtranslation

Noun

back-translation (plural back-translations)

1. (translation studies, uncountable) The activity of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.
2. (translation studies, countable) A text which has been translated in such a fashion
3. (genetics) The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code

Translations

activity

Chinese: Mandarin: 回譯／回译 (huíyì) Finnish: takaisinkääntäminen French: rétrotraduction (fr) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Swedish: återöversättning c

text

Chinese: Mandarin: 回譯／回译 (huíyì) Finnish: takaisinkäännös French: rétrotraduction (fr) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Swedish: återöversättning c

See also

• back-translate