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bitexts

bitexts is the plural of bitext.

Meaning of bitext

Noun

bitext (plural bitexts)

  1. A merged document composed of both source- and target-language versions of a given text.
    • Another way of putting it is to say that a bi-text is not two texts but a single text in two dimensions, each of which is a language.1988, Brian Harris, “Bi-text, a new concept intranslation theory”, in Language Monthly, number 54, pages 8–10
    Synonyms:
    parallel text

Questions about bitexts

What is bitexts the plural of?
Bitexts is the plural of bitext.

Words near bitexts in the dictionary

  1. bitetrad
  2. bitetrads
  3. bitewing
  4. bitewings
  5. bitext
  6. bitexts
  7. bitey
  8. biteyness
  9. bitfield
  10. bitfields
  11. bitfilter

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