But the application's questions thwart their best efforts at translation: "Describe what 'positive work ethic' means to you."

The syntax poses difficulties in attempts at translation, and there may be some corruption of the text.

We haven't had any success at translation.

Resigning from the Times in 1960, he continued to work at translation.

Can you provide us with an example of your efforts at translation?

Not perfect but a heck of a lot better at translation then me.

One of the latter was his own, of the end of which I shall give you a crude attempt at translation.

That man will be glorified at the resurrection or translation of the saints, when the Lord returns.

Sir Walter Scott was an enthusiastic reader of Cervantes and tried his hand at translation.

I never had seen so wretched an attempt at translation.