simultaneous translation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsimultaneousandtranslation
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simultaneous
adjective
uk/ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ.ni.əs/us/ˌsaɪ.məlˈteɪ.ni.əs/
happening or being done at exactly the ...
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translation
noun[C or U]
uk/trænzˈleɪ.ʃən/us/trænsˈleɪ.ʃən/
something that is translated, or the process of translating something, from one language ...
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(Definition ofsimultaneousandtranslationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Simultaneoustranslationhas many drawbacks.
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What language will thesimultaneoustranslationbe in?
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Now, his utterances are so obscure that we almost needsimultaneoustranslation.
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This is a question of printing, not of immediate,simultaneoustranslation.
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They are paying forsimultaneoustranslationrather than attending to urgent engineering problems.
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The question ofsimultaneoustranslationis a complication, but those systems are quite workable now.
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There is a duty on all courts to providesimultaneoustranslation.
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There they could be briefed; there could be meeting rooms andsimultaneoustranslationfacilities.
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They do not have to depend upon the crutch ofsimultaneoustranslation.
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That is where the provision ofsimultaneoustranslation, bilingual information and so on is so important.
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It was he who proposed for the courts of law the system ofsimultaneoustranslation.
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In cases of that sort where witnesses are unable to understand,simultaneoustranslationmust take place.
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The goals of music visualisation are altogether more synaesthetic, attempting a kind ofsimultaneoustranslationbetween auditory and visual domains by narrowing the gap between the two perceptions.
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Participants wear headsets which relaysimultaneoustranslation.
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Facilities forsimultaneoustranslationare available in selected meeting rooms.
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Conference equipment includes modern booth for thesimultaneoustranslation.
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We should try to do better thansimultaneoustranslationin cases of the kind we have been discussing.
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There should be a lecture room withsimultaneoustranslationequipment of the most up-to-date kind.
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It is a pity that they do not have some sort ofsimultaneoustranslationfrom the seat.
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Simultaneoustranslationfacilities mean that any speech can be heard in a language that everyone can understand.
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It is to express the hope that in the new buildings there will be facilities forsimultaneoustranslation.
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In a practical sense, we shall face all the difficulties ofsimultaneoustranslation, with all the expense involved.
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This is the only documented case of a double,simultaneoustranslation.
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It seems quite clear that it means "at the same time", in the same way assimultaneoustranslationmeans more or less instantaneous translation.
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The necessity to usesimultaneoustranslationremoves from a juror the ability to hear not only what is said but how it is said.
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