traduction

English

Etymology

From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“I lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“I lead”). By surface analysis, traduce +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹʌˈdʌkʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tʃɹɐˈdɐkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

traduction (countable and uncountable, plural traductions)

1. (uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another.
2. (countable) A malign or defamatory statement.
3. (uncountable) An act of defaming, maligning or slandering.
4. (uncountable) Act of passing on to one's future generations.

See also

• translation

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trāductiō (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“to lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃/

Noun

traduction f (countable and uncountable, plural traductions)

1. (countable) translation (the conversion of text from one language to another)
2. (translation studies, uncountable) translation (the discipline or study of translating written language)

   Coordinate term: interprétation

   traduction à vue ― sight translation

   traduction automatique ― machine translation

   traduction assistée par ordinateur ― computer-aided translation

Derived terms

• métraduction
• retraduction
• sous-traduction
• surtraduction

See also

• traducteur
• traduire

Further reading

• “traduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from French traduction, Spanish traducción/Portuguese tradução and Italian traduzione.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra.dukˈ(t)ʃon/

Noun

traduction (plural traductiones)

1. translation