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TRANSLATION

The act of transferring or removing by circumlocution with verbs under TRANSFER REMOVE.

The act of rendering from one language to another conversio: translatio (Quint. ☞ There is no good authority for versio or for interpretatio in this sense). There is no need of a verbal translation non exprimi verbum e verbo necesse est.

A book translated liber scriptoris conversus or translatus (Vid: Cic. N.D. 2 41; Quint. 10 5 2). The translation of a speech oratio conversa: a bad translation liber male conversus.

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