mistranslate
verb (used with or without object)
to translate incorrectly.
mistranslating
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present participleof mistranslate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Her Asian-American critics, like Jeffery Chan and Benjamin Tong, accused her of inauthenticity, willfully mistranslating Chinese stories and customs to appeal to a white readership.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
One of his interpreters confessed to frequently mistranslating his boss so as to make sense of the nonsense Arafat had spoken.
From Time Magazine Archive
And cites Prisot; mistranslating 'ancien scripture' into 'holy scripture.'
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
He misstates it thus: "To such laws of the church as have warrant in holy scripture, our law giveth credence," and cites Prisot, mistranslating "ancien scripture" into holy scripture.
From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by George Jacob Holyoake
Mr. Harford has transferred much of Vasari's writing to his own pages, but has succeeded in translating or mistranslating all vitality out of it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
