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Pen translation of Joshua 1, Latin and English (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jailhouse

'pen' is the definition.
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'translation of joshua 1 latin and english' is the wordplay.
'translation of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'1' becomes 'i' (roman numeral).
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'joshua'+'i'+'l'='joshuail'
'joshuail' with letters rearranged gives 'jailhous'.
'jailhous'+'e'='JAILHOUSE'

(Other definitions for jailhouse that I've seen before include "Southern US prison" , "Prison (USA)" , "-- Rock, Elvis Presley movie" , "Correctional institution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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