backtranslate

verb — 2 senses

backtranslate

verb

1

To translate a translated text to its original language

There are those who put significant effort into retranslating and backtranslating work to avoid detection.2021, Sarah Elaine Eaton, Plagiarism in Higher Education:

2

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To translate a protein's amino acid sequence to a nucleotide sequence

Related terms: backtranslation

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