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back-translate

back-translate verb: to translate a translated text back to the original language.

Verb

back-translate (third-person singular simple present back-translates, present participle back-translating, simple past and past participle back-translated)

  1. To translate a translated text back to the original language.

Forms of back-translate

third-person singular presentback-translates
present participleback-translating
past participleback-translated
pastback-translated

Origin of back-translate

From back- + translate.

Questions about back-translate

What does back-translate mean?
Back-translate means to translate a translated text back to the original language.
What part of speech is back-translate?
Back-translate is a verb.
What is the past tense of back-translate?
The past tense of back-translate is back-translated.

Words near back-translate in the dictionary

  1. back-to-work orders
  2. back-track
  3. back-tracked
  4. back-tracking
  5. back-tracks
  6. back-translate
  7. back-translated
  8. back-translates
  9. back-translating
  10. back-translation
  11. back-translations

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