Alter
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Pragmatic Adaptation: The translator had to alter or cut several things due to being too creepy when translated directly, or simply too obscurely or weirdly Japanese.
Source: Tabletop Game / Maid RPG -
Lampshade Hanging: Rather than cut or alter Claudio's controversial "I'll hold my mind, were she an Ethiope" line when accepting his 'mystery bride' at the second wedding, Whedon instead has a black female guest standing right behind him who visibly glares at this point.
- Cut-and-Paste Translation: Will rearrange the order of episodes, paste two (or more) episodes as one, and radically alter some plots instead of just abridging them.
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Cut and Alter. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alter/cut
Alter & Cut. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alter/cut>.
Cut or Alter. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alter/cut.
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