Sentence examples for skillful translation from inspiring English sources
In this skillful translation by Ralph McCarthy, Kenji is an appealing narrator, observant without being judgmental and nervous without being melodramatic; even the intensely creepy Frank is not entirely unsympathetic.
By far the greater number of works produced between the 7th and 13th centuries are skillful translations of Buddhist works, largely from Sanskrit, on which Indian scholars and Tibetan translators worked side by side.
His watercolors are skillful translations of photographs (his own) depicting nothing in particular; this show includes images of luxuriant flowering plants and more austere fogged-up windows.
The Sanskrit terms kuśala and śubha are used in a strongly evaluative way and often translated as "good," though in some contexts there are other possible translations ("skillful" for kuśala, "beautiful" for śubha).
The stanza that refers to the Jamaican sprinter reads, in its English translation: "They will observe with rapt delight/ the archer draw his bowstring tight,/ the skillful rider guide her horse,/ and lightning bolt around the course".
The skillfulness response scale in the survey ranged from "1 = not at all skillful" to "4 = very skillful".
Translations of Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio (2000) and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2001) won praise for their skillful adherence to the original language of the works.
Their strikes were skillful.
