translatrices
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, antepenultimate stress) IPA(key): /tɹɑːnsˈleɪtɹɪsiːz/, /tɹænsˈleɪtɹɪsiːz/, /tɹɑːnzˈleɪtɹɪsiːz/, /tɹænzˈleɪtɹɪsiːz/
- (Received Pronunciation, penultimate stress) IPA(key): /ˌtɹɑːnsleɪˈtɹaɪsiːz/, /ˌtɹænsleɪˈtɹaɪsiːz/, /ˌtɹɑːnzleɪˈtɹaɪsiːz/, /ˌtɹænzleɪˈtɹaɪsiːz/
Noun edit
translatrices
- plural of translatrix
- 2009, “BiB: Broke in Berlin”, in March 16 th 2009: Tout va très bien Madame la Marquise:
- “If you study translation in Germany, you’ll go blind from the glint off all the translatrices’ glasses within the first term,” I prepared internally as my killer punchline, deciding against throwing myself in a canal as a plan B as I remembered Rasputin’s ignominious end. Anyway, I can swim.