Sentence examples for translated as an from inspiring English sources

A biff can be roughly translated as an idiot, a dolt, a bit of a div.

So saying that if Pietersen was serious in his desire to play for England again then he needed to do what all other players must do, is readily translated as an olive branch, when it was no such thing.

The rock star Lenny Kravitz had shown up with a film crew to use the Alice in Wonderland statue as the backdrop for what his publicist called an E.P.K., and then translated as an electronic press kit.

Most of those in the first half of the book, a hundred or so, have as their theme (and victim) a character called in Greek a "scholastikos" – sometimes translated as an "egghead" or "absent-minded professor".

The husband, who was known for curating the nation's only museum of broken glass (I'm not making that up) out of his garage, only spoke Provençaux, but he was able to communicate to me by pointing his thumb at his mouth and then pointing at his garage, which I'm sure translated as an international gesture of welcome.

The dominant presence of zinc (Zn) may be translated as an evidence for the presence of zinc oxide (ZnO) possibly used as an extender in the paint.

There is a crude Arabic expression which roughly translates as, 'A man's honour lies between a woman's legs'.

Hence, although limiting glucose decreases global translation, certain transcripts may be translated as a part of specific stress responses.

For the uninitiated, a "bogan" is an Australian term of abuse roughly translated as a chav.

Where Billy Carter, purveyor of Billy Beer, seemed a national embarrassment, Roger Clinton translated as a goofy amusement.

At banks this would be translated as a vote by shareholders, employees, savers and borrowers.