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overtranslate

verb

Etymology

From over- + translate.

  1. derived from trānslātus
  2. derived from translater
  3. inherited from translaten — “to transport, translate, transform”
  4. prefixed as overtranslate — “over + translate”

Definitions

  1. To translate (language) in too much detail, or including the translation of things that…

    To translate (language) in too much detail, or including the translation of things that should be left as they are.

    • When we select too-specific a rendering, we overtranslate, and, thus, risk adding information which may not be true.
    • Translate the gateway, but don't overtranslate
    • To overtranslate: 'as far as my having slaves is concerned, I have – none'.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overtranslate. 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