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back translation

French translation: rétro-traduction

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English term or phrase:back translation
French translation:rétro-traduction
Entered by: Annette Fehr

16:05 Dec 24, 2023
English to French translations [PRO]
Linguistics / langauge services
English term or phrase: back translation
I deal with a direct clients whose documents often require some "back translation," that is, finding the exact English term which was originally used in an English-language article because their publications are based on previous research which was originally published in English.

I'm quite used to doing this, but I'd like to be able to describe it properly, so if I'm talking with my French clients and describing this process, does anyone know what's the proper French term for "back translation"?

Thank you in advance.

PS. I first searched the ProZ term base, but it turned up with nothing.
Annette Fehr
France
Local time: 13:07
rétrotraduction
Explanation:
C'est le terme qui correspond le mieux étymologiquement et qui est effectivement employé (voir lien de référence).
D'autres références apparaissent si on cherche "rétrotraduction" dans Google.
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Pascal Ducher
Local time: 13:07
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3rétrotraduction
Pascal Ducher
4 +1traduction inversée
Samuel Clarisse
Summary of reference entries provided
Traduction inverse
david henrion
traduction inverse
cchat

Discussion entries: 1





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
traduction inversée


Explanation:
C'est le terme en français ^^

Samuel Clarisse
France
Local time: 13:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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agree  Andrew Bramhall
4 hrs
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
rétrotraduction


Explanation:
C'est le terme qui correspond le mieux étymologiquement et qui est effectivement employé (voir lien de référence).
D'autres références apparaissent si on cherche "rétrotraduction" dans Google.


    https://prontotranslations.com/fr/qu-est-ce-que-la-retro-traduction-et-quelle-est-son-importance-pour-les-documents-sensibles/
Pascal Ducher
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  mchd
14 mins
agree  Lionel Minard
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agree  Yann Perrin
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Reference comments


10 mins
Reference: Traduction inverse

Reference information:
https://altraductions.com/blog/comment-utiliser-traduction-i...

david henrion
France
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr
Reference: traduction inverse

Reference information:
Used by a translation agency


    https://culturesconnection.com/fr/2015/08/11/back-translation-ou-traduction-inverse/
cchat
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 29

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neutral  Renate Radziwill-Rall: I would not believe an agency, they are not on our level
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