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Dislike not having a translation (7)

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I believe the answer is:

version

'translation' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'dislike not having a' is the wordplay.
'dislike' becomes 'aversion' (aversion is a kind of dislike).
'not having' suggests deleting specific letters.
'aversion' with 'a' taken out is 'VERSION'.

(Other definitions for version that I've seen before include "Description from a certain point of view" , "Account from one point of view" , "Rendition" , "Model" , "Adaptation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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