Quotation and Translation

Opposite meaning words

Quotation noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.

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Translation is an antonym for quotation.

Nearby Words: quote, quota, quoted, quoting, quotable

Translation noun - An instance of expressing something in different words.

Usage example: had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian

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Quotation is an antonym for translation.

full	full quotation	full translation
direct	direct quotation	direct translation
popular	popular quotation	popular translation
actual	actual quotation	actual translation
Other adjectives: inaccurate, bible, Latin.

Translation Convention: Translated Russian is displayed in brackets instead of quotation marks.

Source: Video Game / GoldenEye (1997)
Translation Punctuation: Human speech is represented with ordinary quotation marks, and each type of alien speech uses a different punctuation symbol as a quotation mark.

Source: Literature / Cluster
The Japanese translation of the (apocryphal) Louis XIV quotation "L'État, c'est moi"

Source: Useful Notes / Japanese Pronouns

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