mistranslate
verb (used with or without object)
to translate incorrectly.
has mistranslated
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present perfectof mistranslate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In all, Langdon has misread the text or mistransliterated it in over forty places, and of the 204 preserved lines he has mistranslated about one-half.
From An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Morris Jastrow
Dr. Röer, in his version of the Bháshá-Parichchheda, has mistranslated an important Sútra which bears on this point.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
