back-translation

noun — 3 senses

back-translation

noun

Etymology From back- + translation.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Translation studies The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.

2

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Translation studies A text which has been translated in such a fashion.

3

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code.

Related terms
back-translate, back-transliteration

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