accurate translation

collocation in English

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accurate
adjective
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/ˈæk.jə.rət/
us
/ˈæk.jɚ.ət/
correct, exact, and without ...
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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 ofaccurateandtranslationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The emperor called for anaccuratetranslationof words and music.
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In the first case administrative documents and tomb representations provide the means to achieve anaccuratetranslationof the problem text.
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This direct association between the two lexical stores would favor a highlyaccuratetranslationproduct, and this was indeed what we found.
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To characterise further the fluctuations observed in the accumulation of proteins during the first cell cycles,accuratetranslationdeterminations from embryo lysates were performed.
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Thus advocates of proportional representation and for a proportional or consensus model defend the virtue of a moreaccuratetranslationof voter preferences into legislative seats.
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A moreaccuratetranslationis illegally distilled liquor.
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The first is that "temptation" is not anaccuratetranslation.
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Only when "lima" is used to mean the fruit does it become anaccuratetranslation.
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Whereaccuratetranslationof syntaxes is possible, systems using different syntaxes may also interoperate accurately.
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The interpreter may be trying to speed the interview, and the collector has to insist onaccuratetranslation.
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It is commonly translated seize the day, though a moreaccuratetranslationmight be "pluck the day".
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Although frequently translated as rest (noun or verb), anotheraccuratetranslationof these words is ceasing from work, as resting is not necessarily denoted.
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In fact, the name derives from "helos", meaning marsh, so a moreaccuratetranslationof their scientific name would be marsh pitcher plants.
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While necessarily less precise, functional equivalence can be a moreaccuratetranslationmethod for certain passages, e.g. passages with ancient idioms that a modern reader would not pick up on.
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Despite varying levels of competency within the users, anaccuratetranslationis usually reached due to the sheer number of participants that would be able to correct and overrule mistakes.
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