Sentence examples for about translates from inspiring English sources

For anyone who doesn't know what chutzpah is, "nerve" or "brass neck" just about translates it, but there's an added element of wit or wry humour buried somewhere in there too.

The cool idea behind Duolingo, of course, is that it's not just about learning a language but also about translating.

He is currently at work on a book about translating.

What is distinctive, or particularly challenging, about translating Levi?

From his workplace in Kingston, N.Y., he spoke to a reporter about translating mansions into minis.

When I think about using a text, I don't think about translating it into drawings.

When "Soul Mountain" was completed, Mr. Dutrait and his wife, Liliane, set about translating it.

Still, Hoffman said he was most concerned about "translating" his abilities into a new environment.

"Think about how algae can live anywhere, live in the coldest of places, or the harshest of places, and think about translating that to skin care," she said.

Not bad for a girl who, aged 20, was so "paralysed" by writer's block she set about translating poems from languages she didn't speak.

After completing "L'Innommable," in 1953, Beckett set about translating himself back into English, as he did with almost all his plays.