8 sentences with 'translation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word translation and other words derived from it.
• « One of the most important artefacts of the Ptolemaic era: the Rosetta Stone, the object that enabled the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs. »
• « In the process, Erasmus corrected the New Testament itself, catching and fixing numerous translation errors (although he did not retranslate the Old Testament from the Hebrew, he also pointed out errors in it). »
• « He was also an advocate of translations of the Bible into vernacular languages, although he himself did not produce such a translation. »
• « The Book of Optics was available to Brunelleschi in Latin translation, and, crucially, Brunelleschi applied the concept of perspective to actual art (which al-Haytham did not, focusing instead on the scientific basis of optics). In doing so, Brunelleschi introduced the ability of artists to create realistic representations of their subjects. »
• « Perhaps his best-known work during his lifetime was an annotated translation of Newton's Mathematical Principles that explained Newtonian concepts to his (French) readers. »
• « These days, our language is invaded by English words. For many of them, we already know the translation. But others we don't. »
• « He soon abandoned the work, and the French Egyptologist Jean Champoillon took over. After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone, he published a list of the Egyptian signs and their Greek equivalents. The key was the ovoids, which he painstakingly compared in the three types of writing. It also helped him to realise that the text was a translation from the Greek and not the other way around, as was widely held. »
• « The actual draft for translation into Maori and dated 4th February 1840 was as follows: Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of England in Her gracious consideration of the chiefs and the people of New Zealand, and Her desire to preserve to them their lands and to maintain peace and order amongst them, has been pleased to appoint an officer to treat with them for the cession of the Sovereignty of their country and of the islands adjacent, to the Queen. »