Definitions

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  • noun An adaptation of a creative work into another language or culture.
  • noun philosophy, theology A type of creation by a deity or primal force.

Etymologies

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Blend of translation and creation

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transcreate +‎ -ion, trans- +‎ creation or from French transcreation

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Examples

  • But recently, Asia has become the testing ground for "transcreation" -- a way to help characters designed for one audience resonate in another culture.

    Today's WSJ in Photos: Oct. 16, 2007 2007

  • This theoretical backdrop leads us to think not only of translation per se, but also of a term that is well-known within the circles of translation of works of art: transcreation.

    Translation or Transcreation in Art 2010

  • Not only that, in his eighties, he is still giving weekly readings of his full-length transcreation still in progress of the Mahabharata.

    Minneapolis, Delhi, TLS of London 2009

  • Not only that, in his eighties, he is still giving weekly readings of his full-length transcreation still in progress of the Mahabharata.

    Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG 2009

  • I hope that people will both read the book and see the movie to savour the differing strengths of Swarup's original premise and Danny Boyle's transcreation of it.

    Shashi Tharoor: Gritty Portrait of Real India on Reel: A Review of Slumdog Millionaire 2008

  • Indian English, with its fascination for the polysyllable and the poetic, has a special flavor of its own as it is concocted through the transcreation of a thought process forged originally in Oriya, or Telugu, etc.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Indian English, with its fascination for the polysyllable and the poetic, has a special flavor of its own as it is concocted through the transcreation of a thought process forged originally in Oriya, or Telugu, etc.

    We are like that only Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Viacom/Nickelodeon Not all characters need transcreation to win audiences abroad.

    'Transcreation' Science 2007

  • Characters and story plots get reinvented in a process media companies call "transcreation."

    'Transcreation' Science 2007

  • Left: Snoopy. com; Right: Times of India Sometimes transcreation is off-limits because artists don't approve of characters stretching beyond their original visions.

    'Transcreation' Science 2007

  • The report homes in on the specific workflows and end-goals that make “transcreation” a distinct service — from the creative brief to workflows, deliverable formats, and client collaboration — and demonstrates how transcreation is as much a strategic and targeted task as a creative one.

    Slator Transcreation and Multilingual Content Origination Report Slator 2022

  • Transcreation is the process of creatively re-writing the meaning, intent, style and tone of the source text to be culturally appropriate for each market.

    Smartling Introduces Transcreation Tool | Slator Smartling 2021

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