mistranslation
Americannoun
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mistranslations
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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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In his introductory essay, curator Moshayedi reveals that the show’s title is his mistranslation of the Farsi word for “empathy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
After Omar arrives in America, much of the opera’s drama is channeled through what the production’s director, Kaneza Schaal, called “a contest of languages,” involving much translation and mistranslation.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
“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
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
But the study also found that up to 8 percent of mistranslations actually have potential for significant harm.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2022
Sometimes, Arceneaux gets tangled up in mistranslations between the two.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
But history is littered with more consequential mistranslations — erroneous, intentional or simply misunderstood.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
It is noteworthy that these mistranslations are for the most part found in Jeremiah—a fact which has rightly drawn scholars to the conclusion that we owe the LXX of Baruch i.-iii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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