Meanings
verbback-translate (third-person singular simple present back-translates, present participle back-translating, simple past and past participle back-translated)
present singular third person back-translates · participle present back-translating · participle past back-translated · past back-translated
- human sciencesTo translate a translated text back to the original language.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 回譯 /回译
- 回譯 /回译 (huíyì)to translate back to original language
Finnish kääntää takaisin
- kääntää takaisinto translate back to original language
French rétrotraduction
- rétrotraductionto translate back to original language
German zurück übersetzen
- zurück übersetzento translate back to original language
Polish tłumaczyć wstecznie, przetłumaczyć wstecznie
- tłumaczyć wstecznieto translate back to original language
- przetłumaczyć wstecznieto translate back to original language
Russian перевести́ обра́тно
- перевести́ обра́тно (perevestí obrátno)to translate back to original language
Swedish återöversättning
- återöversättningto translate back to original language
Cite this entry
APA
back-translate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-translate
MLA
“back-translate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-translate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back-translate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-translate.
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