mistranslate
verb[IorT]
(alsomis-translate)uk/ˌmɪs.trænzˈleɪt//ˌmɪs.trænsˈleɪt/us/ˌmɪsˈtrænz.leɪt//ˌmɪsˈtræns.leɪt/totranslatewords,documents, etc.(=changethem into a differentlanguage)in a way that is notcorrect:
On severaloccasions,officialsmistranslateddocuments.
Theinterpreterhad mistranslated.
Thenameof thedishwasclearlymis-translated.
- Theletterhad been mistranslated and wasmisleading.
- According to thereport, theintercepthad been mistranslated.
- Thejudgefreedthe men afterlearningthegovernmenthad mistranslated thedocumentthat was used tosuggestthey weredangerous.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- lingo
- linguist
- native speaker
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- speaking
- target language
- translator
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