What is back translation?

Answer 1

There are websites that translate words or phrases from one language to another and then translate the foreign language word back into the original language to make sure the original language word was translated correctly. For example from 'imtranslator.com', {the best translator I have found on the internet}-- (E) = English; (S) = Spanish; (BT) = Back Translation: * (E) lost / (S) perdido / (BT) lost.- Back translation here shows correct translation from English to Spanish and back to English. * (E) short / (S) corto / (BT) I cut.- Back translation shows the original word translation displays only one of the possible definitions for the word 'short', such as in 'short of time', 'short tempered', a 'short' person, etc. Here, you would need to enter a synonym to 'short' to try to get a more exact translation. Not all words can be translated exactly from one language to another, so the 'Back Translation' feature helps find the closest possible translation.