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  • a  capable of being put into another form or style or language
    substances readily translatable to the American home table
    his books are eminently translatable
  • s  capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
    ideas translatable into reality

  • Adult Swim's success amid cable's smaller audiences may not be directly translatable to the big networks; its most popular programs, reruns of Futurama and Family Guy, first .
  • It was he, for instance, who came up with the phrase "modified, limited hangout," a memorable locution, which in practice was roughly translatable as "admit as little truth as .
  • Widely advertised as meaning "thanks to you" in Danish, Sim Sala Bim is actually a phrase from a Danish folk song, is roughly translatable as Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay.
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  • Solar decathlon exhibit will go to Santa Ana museum
    The Solar Decathlon is a competition meant to incite creativity in the exploration of how to build desirable homes with increased energy efficiency. But the inner-workings of these structures aren’t always easily translatable for children. That’s...
    Oct. 14, 2013 - Irvine World News
Quotes

  • Nick Park in BBC News
    It was thought that the expression wouldn't be understandable or translatable, being a very local saying,Park told the BBC News website. "A Matter of Loaf and Death just made people laugh, really, and seemed more universal."
  • Jim Lee in USA Today
    Because it's a Western, there's a fair amount of economy of movement,Lee says. "Just from a technical side, I see a character like this being more translatable into a motion comic. One issue you always run into with these is how much you...
  • Jim Green in Globe and Mail
    I'm the guy that people come to in Vancouver when they have an issue,says Mr. Green. "They know the work that I did in the Downtown Eastside is easily translatable anywhere else."

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