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mistranslation

noun
/mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From mis- + translation.

  1. derived from trānslātiō
  2. derived from translacioun
  3. inherited from translacioun — “transfer, translation”
  4. formed as mistranslation — “mis- + translation”

Definitions

  1. An incorrect translation.

    • 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.

  2. The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA