翻译

Poetry doesn't translate easily.

Please put/render/translate the following paragraphs into English.

Much of the humour in the book was unfortunately lost in translation.

literal/word-for-word translation

faithful translation

Chinese rendition/version of an English poem

oral interpretation

machine translation

written translation

theory of translation

translate a novel/contract

decode; decipher

English translator/interpreter

negotiate through an interpreter

senior interpreter/translator

act/serve/work as interpreter/translator