mistranslation
Americannoun
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the act of translating incorrectly.
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a word, sentence, etc., that has been translated incorrectly.
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“The elves didn’t build a weapon,” Fenn tells Istredd, correcting a mistranslation in the text.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2021
But it's an especially significant mistranslation given what it reveals about the unequal backgrounds of the game's contestants, with some having formal or even decorated educational backgrounds, and others not.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021
In a TikTok video that's had almost nine million views, Youngmi gave several examples of mistranslation.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2021
Yet all this revelling in gameshow exotica was born out of a subtle mistranslation.
From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2019
Some have argued that it’s a mistranslation in the bible.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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