Definition of Mistranslation. Meaning of Mistranslation. Synonyms of Mistranslation

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Definition of Mistranslation

Mistranslation
Mistranslation Mis`trans*la"tion, n. Wrong translation.

Meaning of Mistranslation from wikipedia

- demonstrated by, for example, the King James Only movement. A famous mistranslation of a Biblical text is the rendering of the Hebrew word קֶרֶן (keren)...
- (done, for example, by an interpreter). Literal translation leads to mistranslation of idioms, which can be a serious problem for machine translation. The...
- was also referred to as the Malayan Races Liberation Army owing to a mistranslation. In 1989 the Communist Party of Malaya signed a peace treaty with the...
- advanced age; some believe that Methuselah's age is the result of a mistranslation, while others believe that his age is used to give the impression that...
- whether the rite was a literary invention of the original texts, a mistranslation of the texts themselves, or an authentic historical practice. The blood-eagle...
- (indefinite imprisonment of extremely dangerous criminals). At trial, a mistranslation of some of the transcripts was detected, and Arabaci was acquitted....
- who was made from clay, and the clay jar which dispenses evils. The mistranslation of pithos is usually attributed to the 16th-century humanist Erasmus...
- who was created through a mistranslation. The saint was inadvertently fabricated by Caesar Baronius when he mistranslated the notes of John Chrysostom...
- many other Latin American countries. The English "refried beans" is a mistranslation, since the essence of "frijoles refritos" is the reheating and mashing...
- present one from about 1500 to 1800. This change has resulted in several mistranslations: For example, Saint Augustine's warning that Christians should beware...