fān yì
to translate
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这本书翻译得很好。
Zhè běn shū fānyì dé hěn hǎo.
This book is well translated.
他正在翻译一篇文章。
Tā zhèngzài fānyì yī piān wénzhāng.
He is translating an article.
这个词怎么翻译？
Zhège cí zěnme fānyì?
How do you translate this word?
翻译 (fānyì)
translate
译文 (yìwén)
translation
编译 (biān yì)
compile
解释 (jiě shì)
explain
The Chinese word 翻译 (fānyì) for "translation" is a compound of two characters: 翻 (fān) and 译 (yì). The character 翻 (fān) originally meant "to turn over" or "to change", and in the context of translation, it refers to the process of converting text from one language into another. The character 译 (yì) originally meant "to explain" or "to interpret", and in the context of translation, it refers to the process of conveying the meaning of a text from one language into another. Together, the two characters 翻译 (fānyì) convey the idea of "turning over" or "changing" the meaning of a text from one language into another, which is the essence of translation.
