Copy and Translating

Copy

Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

Translating is an antonym for copy.

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Translating

Translating noun - An instance of expressing something in different words.
Usage example: his insightful translating of that passage really captured the tone of the original

Copy is an antonym for translating.

Both words in one sentence

  • Recursive Translation Pale Fire plays with and lampshades this, with protagonist Charles Kinbote translating back into English from a copy of Timon of Athens that has ostensibly been translated into Zemblan.
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