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lost in translation en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated.
    • I tried reading the instruction manual but many of the steps were unfortunately lost in translation.
    • The message of the Japanese Prime Minister's speech was lost in translation.

Relateds

translation loss

Translations (2)

fi kadota käännöksessä (unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated) · cmn 翻譯腔 /翻译腔 (unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated)