mistranslation

American  

[mis-tranz-lay-shuhn, -trans-] / ˌmɪs trænzˈleɪ ʃən, -træns- /

noun

mistranslations plural

1. the act of translating incorrectly.

2. a word, sentence, etc., that has been translated incorrectly.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mistranslations
  plural

Example Sentences

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mistranslation mistranslations

In many Latin American countries, a public notary is the equivalent of a lawyer, and notario fraudsters rely on this mistranslation to fake credentials.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

“The elves didn’t build a weapon,” Fenn tells Istredd, correcting a mistranslation in the text.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 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

What started it all, writes historian Karl Dannenfelt, was a series of mistranslations and misunderstandings.

From National Geographic ● May 1, 2023

Personalized, real-time chatbots could share conspiracy theories in increasingly credible and persuasive ways, researchers say, smoothing out human errors like poor syntax and mistranslations and advancing beyond easily discoverable copy-paste jobs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

But the study also found that up to 8 percent of mistranslations actually have potential for significant harm.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2022

In August, due to disputes over payments and control of the English-language version of the country’s tourism website, its internet page appeared with hilarious mistranslations.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2020

But we know that these are mere mistranslations.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.