back-translate

English

Etymology

From back- +‎ translate.

Verb

back-translate (third-person singular simple present back-translates, present participle back-translating, simple past and past participle back-translated)

1. (translation studies) To translate a translated text back to the original language.

Related terms

• back-translation
• back-transliterate

Translations

to translate back to original language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回譯／回译 (huíyì)

• Finnish: kääntää takaisin
• French: rétrotraduction (fr) f
• German: zurück übersetzen
• Polish: tłumaczyć wstecznie impf, przetłumaczyć wstecznie pf
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: перевести́ обра́тно pf (perevestí obrátno)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: återöversättning c