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autotranslation

autotranslation noun: translation of a work into another language by its original author.

Noun

autotranslation (countable and uncountable, plural autotranslations)

  1. Translation of a work into another language by its original author.
    • Beckett produced autotranslations of the first two works, but gave up on Worstward Ho, deeming it 'untranslatable'...2006, Neil Cornwell, The absurd in literature, page 247
  2. Translation of a web page or document into another language, as done by artificial intelligence.

Forms of autotranslation

pluralautotranslations
alternative formauto-translation

Origin of autotranslation

From auto- + translation.

Questions about autotranslation

What does autotranslation mean?
Autotranslation means translation of a work into another language by its original author.
What part of speech is autotranslation?
Autotranslation is a noun.
What is the plural of autotranslation?
The plural of autotranslation is autotranslations.

Words near autotranslation in the dictionary

  1. autotransfusions
  2. autotranslate
  3. autotranslated
  4. autotranslates
  5. autotranslating
  6. autotranslation
  7. autotranslations
  8. autotransplant
  9. autotransplantation
  10. autotransplantations
  11. autotransplanted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autotranslation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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