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轉譯

简转译 · 繁轉譯

Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn yì

to translate (to another language)
to convert

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轉: Look up this written character
譯: Look up this written character
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
译: yì · translate; decode; encode

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3–4 · zhuan3 yi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun2 jik6

Cantonese word readings for 轉譯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(translation studies) to translate from a translated version into a third language
(biochemistry) to translate (into a protein)

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