retranslationn.
/ˌriːtransˈleɪʃn/, /ˌriːtrɑːnsˈleɪʃn/, /ˌriːtranzˈleɪʃn/, /ˌriːtrɑːnzˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌriˌtrænzˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action or an act of retranslate v.; esp. the action or an act of translating a text, word, etc., again or in a new way.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > again > into original language
retranslation1660
reversion1755
retroversion1881
intertranslatability1951
1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy Ep. Ded. sig. B2 The Itinerary of Italy, translated long after my return thence..without farther intention then to renew that language by a retranslation.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 204 Wicklife and Trevisa agreeing so well in their judgements, it was much he would make a Retranslation.
1791 C. Hamilton in tr. Hedàya I. Disc. p. lxxxix He [sc. the translator] has dedicated his last three years unremittedly to revisal or re-translation.
1804 R. Southey Lett. (1850) II. 269 A retranslation of what they say is translated.
1881 Alpine Jrnl. Aug. 271 The tomb where the sacred relics reposed until their retranslation (except the head) to Pedona in 1174.
1888 H. Morley Eng. Writers III. xi. 266 I adopt..the re-translation of the word into its right native form.
1917 C. F. Nolloth Rise Christian Relig. xxii. 392 This is the retranslation of the visible centre of religion into the spiritual world.
1941 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 40 183 A retranslation (and possible reimprovement) of the present work back again into English would be very welcome.
1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 May 14/1 A retranslation of the entire Kafka corpus commissioned by Schocken Books from respected individual translators.
2. A text, or piece of text, that has been translated again or in a new way; a new translation.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > instance of > fresh
retranslation1807
1807 E. Malone in J. Boswell Life Johnson (ed. 5) I. 281 (note) No. 38 of the second series, published on June 15, 1754; which is a retranslation from the French version of Johnson's Rambler, No. 190.
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 233 Re-translation of a Persian translation of a Letter from F. Currie, Esq.
1901 F. G. Kenyon Handbk. Textual Crit. N.T. 229 Some words of this re-translation..still linger in our Textus Receptus to the present day.
1979 Trans. Philol. Soc. 114 The Old Persian on the rock, in its own script, is a retranslation..into Persian from the Elamite.
2005 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 17 June 10 Mrs Peel is now writing a book, which includes a retranslation of a poem from the Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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