Expressing translations between English and Chinese How do I discuss translation in Chinese? I want to express to a Chinese speaker how and English speaker learning Chinese interprets Chinese language (in a few simple cases).

Example 1: 
猫 is cat, expressing it's English translation:
在英语中“猫”叫作“cat”。

Example 2:
红茶 is black tea, expressing that I interpret 红 literally as "red":
在英语中“红茶”的译成字面“红色的茶”。
"In English, "红茶" is translated literally as "red tea".

What I am hoping is that people here will provide several different ways to communicate this in Mandarin. Other examples are welcome, of course.
How do I discuss translation in Chinese?


The simplest:

'猫'的英文是 'cat' / '狗'的英文是  'dog' /  'X' 的英文是 'Y'

More detailed:

中文的'猫'字在英文是 'cat' / 中文的'狗'字在英文是 'dog' / 中文的  'X' 字在英文是 'Y'

For standard translation of 红茶:


'红茶'的英文是 'black tea'
'红茶'在英文译作 'black tea'


For literal translation of 红茶: 


红茶在英文的词面上就是 'red tea' ('红茶'  literally means 'red tea' in English)
红茶直译成为英文就是 'red tea' (the direct translation of '红茶'  in English would be 'red tea')


There are many more ways you can rephrase the above examples. I didn't even use the word 翻译 (translate) in any of my examples.