in the original
idiom
: in the language used by the original writer
We read Homer in the original, not in translation.
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Christina Milian plays Maria LaGuerta, Miami Metro’s first female homicide detective, who rose to captain in the original series (played by Lauren Velez).
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Tyler Hynes, Hunter King and Ed Begley Jr. will star in the original movie, with production kicking off next month.
—Variety, NBC News, 25 June 2024
Taylor’s new book is formidably chewy, with page after page featuring passages of Hölderlin, Novalis, and Rilke, offered both in the original German and in translation.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Holmes received an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors in 2022, but her legal team says the judge in the original trial made several legal mistakes.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 12 June 2024
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Tyler Hynes, Hunter King and Ed Begley Jr. will star in the original movie, with production kicking off next month.
—Variety, NBC News, 25 June 2024
Taylor’s new book is formidably chewy, with page after page featuring passages of Hölderlin, Novalis, and Rilke, offered both in the original German and in translation.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Holmes received an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors in 2022, but her legal team says the judge in the original trial made several legal mistakes.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 12 June 2024
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