mistranslate
verb (used with or without object)
to translate incorrectly.
mistranslated
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past participleof mistranslate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mistranslate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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One chunk of land was secured by one of Shehu’s lawyers in 2007 by presenting property officials a mistranslated Ottoman-era land record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
But he insists the words he used in the Bashkir language mean "poor people" and were mistranslated into Russian.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
Ruhl’s plays are sometimes mistranslated from page to stage — rendered less poetic than they are, and more earthbound.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Angwang told The Associated Press his words were either mistranslated from Mandarin or taken out of context.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
This accurate description somehow got mistranslated as ‘tube’, but modern medicine seems to be stuck with the inaccurate version of the term.’
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
