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mistranslation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/ (Australia)
• /mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English translation English mistranslation From mis- + translation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An incorrect translation.
   • The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data. 2012, Helen Lauer, Kofi Anyidoho, Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities Through African Perspectives, page 87:
   • MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived. 1824, S H. Jackson, The Jew:
2. (countable, uncountable) The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence.

Forms

Translations (10)

cmn 誤譯 /误译 (incorrect translation) · fr trouduction (incorrect translation) · sv felöversättning (incorrect translation) · sv översättningsfel (incorrect translation) · fi käännösvirhe (incorrect translation) · hu félrefordítás (incorrect translation) · ja 誤訳 (incorrect translation) · ko 오역 (incorrect translation) · hu leiterjakab (incorrect translation) · fr métraduction (incorrect translation)