mistranslation
noun
(alsomis-translation)uk/ˌmɪs.trænzˈleɪ.ʃən//ˌmɪs.trænsˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.trænzˈleɪ.ʃən//ˌmɪs.trænsˈleɪ.ʃən/[C]
a word,document, etc. that istranslated(=changedinto a differentlanguage)in a way that is notcorrect:
Thebookismarredbysloppyresearch,includingmistranslations ofdocuments.
This is,unfortunately, a mis-translation of theoriginalHebrew.
[U]
thefactthat a word,document, etc. istranslated(=changedinto a differentlanguage)in a way that is notcorrect:
Shefocuseson theproblemsoftranslationand mistranslation.
He wasaccusedofmisquotation,manipulation, and mis-translation.
- Omissions or mistranslations ofkeywords andphrasesledtoincomprehensibletext.
- He said that thereportcontaineddeliberatefalsehoods as well as mistranslations ofunderlyingdocuments.
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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Making mistakes
Faults and mistakes