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English
Etymology
From back- + translation.
Noun
back-translation (countable and uncountable, plural back-translations)
- (translation studies, uncountable) The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.
- (translation studies, countable) A text which has been translated in such a fashion.
- (genetics) The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code.
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