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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A mistranslation of that “hold” instruction as “adhere to your medication” dangerously reverses the meaning, while being similar enough that it might score decently.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
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
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
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
Sometimes, Arceneaux gets tangled up in mistranslations between the two.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
We can give but a very few examples of the numerous mistranslations we have marked,—mistranslations of such a nature as to throw a doubt over the statements in every portion of the book.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
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