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"At the beginning" Vs "In the beginning".
When do we say "At the beginning” and “In the beginning”?

- At the beginning means: At the start point of every task. A sentence or a phrase always follows this expression. In other words, we use at the beginning (often with of) to talk about the point where something starts.
:
At the beginning of the next week, i'll visit Mr. Ali.
At the beginning of every lesson, the teacher tells the children a funny story.
At the beginning of the book ...
At the beginning of the semester ...
At the beginning of my speech ...
At the beginning of the week, at the beginning of the lesson. at the beginning of the class.

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- "In the beginning" usually means initially, at first
- We usually use "in the beginning" when we contrast two situations in time.
- you can not add a preposition after "In the beginning".
:
In the beginning, Ali went to the cinema.
In the beginning, nobody understood what was happening, but after she explained everything very carefully, things were much clearer.
In the beginning, she had denied cheating in the exam.

vs.

When you speak about translating something between two languages, the usual preposition is "into":
Example: She translated the text into Arabic.

In the case of something being “from language to language”, the situation is reversed, and we use only “to”:
Example:
It is an English to French translation. (correct)
It is an English into French translation. (wrong)

It is possible, however, to use “translate to” in the sense of “translate as”:
Example:
“Good morning!” was automatically translated to “Sabah Elkheir!”. (correct)
“Good morning!” was automatically translated into “Sabah Elkheir)!”.
(wrong)

“Translate into” is also used when translating something to something else:
Example:
These novels were translated into movies (films)....