traducción
translation
noun trah-dook-SYOHN Rare
Origin: From Latin 'translatio'.
Usage Note
Traducción refers to the act or product of translating between languages. Traducción directa is translating into your native language; traducción inversa is into a foreign language. The verb is traducir (irregular: traduzco, traduje), and a translator is traductor/a. A false friend alert: English 'tradition' is tradición, not traducción.
Examples
"La traducción del contrato tardó dos días."
Natural Translation
The translation of the contract took two days.
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