translated

past tense of translate
as in summarized
to express something (as a text or statement) in different words would you mind translating this German article for me?

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Recent Examples of translated Eligibility crisis Defense officials have long warned that America's obesity epidemic is a national security problem, shrinking the pool of young people eligible to serve -- which has translated to reductions in recruitment. Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Read from Marina Closs’s novel The Depopulation, translated by Thomas Bunstead. Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Wide receiver Caleb Douglas has stood out in training camp and translated that success to the joint-practice setting Wednesday, making multiple catches against Commanders defensive backs. David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Text has traditionally been more difficult to identify in this way because it gets copied, paraphrased, translated, chopped up and folded into someone else’s writing all the time. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 While Bündchen clearly had a post-workout dip in the water on her mind while getting dressed, the look translated well to her exercise routine. Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026 The chaotic hearing was marked by Castro-Arroyo rambling and frequently interrupting Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Ellen Sue Venzer as an interpreter translated the proceeding. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 The judge also denied the defense’s request for a mistrial but allowed a break in the trial to give the attorneys time to review the more than 150 calls, many in Spanish, that had to be translated, according to court documents. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 For some elements, two of us – Chenier and Doris – recorded Wounaan speaking their material in Wounaan meu, and then transcribed and carefully translated them to preserve rich elements of Wounaan thought and language. Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • What information no longer needs to be collected, reconciled, summarized, and passed up a chain of people before anyone acts?
    Stephen Messer, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Fandom has been around since the advent of mass media, but with that old world dying and the new one (bluntly summarized, its main features are social media plus the tyranny of the algorithm) very much born, now is the time of fangirls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • Text has traditionally been more difficult to identify in this way because it gets copied, paraphrased, translated, chopped up and folded into someone else’s writing all the time.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There is an old adage (paraphrased) that the only constant in life is change.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 9 July 2026

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