Reducing a PDE, removing linear term

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I am examining the equation

$ u_t + u_x + u^2 u_x + u_{xxx} = 0 $

It seems that through a change of variables this equation can be reduced to

$ v_{t'} + v^2 v_y + v_{yyy} = 0 $

But I dont understand how this is done. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Make the change of variable $x\to x+t$ and define $v(t,x)=u(t,x+t)$.