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chuchotage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ʃu.ʃəʊˈtɑːʒ/ (UK)
  • /ʃu.ʃoʊˈtɑʒ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French chuchotage (“whispering”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person or small group in proximity to others who aren't listening to the translation.
    • Eventually, the words of such Aramaic whisper-translations (called chuchotage in the modern world of international interpreters) were written down, mostly in small fragments, and these targums now provide precious linguistic and historical records for scholars of Judaism. 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 141:

Synonyms

whispered interpreting · whisper interpreting · whispered interpretation

Translations (17)

fr chuchotage (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · cmn 耳語傳譯 /耳语传译 (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · hu fülbesúgásos tolmácsolás (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · lv čuksttulkošana (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · sv viskningstolkning (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · es cuchicheo (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · cmn 耳語同傳 /耳语同传 (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · ka ჩურჩულით თარგმანი (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · fi kuiskaustulkkaus (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · pt chuchotage (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · ka ჩურჩულით თარგმნა (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · nl fluistertolken (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · pt interpretação sussurrada (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · de Flüsterdolmetschen (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · ja ウィスパリング (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · ru нашёптывание (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) · pt interpretação murmurada (interpretation of a speech in a whisper)