loan rendering

noun

Etymology

From loan + rendering.

Definitions

  1. An inexact calque where at least one constituent isn't translated literally, in order to…

    An inexact calque where at least one constituent isn't translated literally, in order to give readers of the target language a more accurate mental image.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for loan rendering. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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