mistranslation in English

noun

['mɪstrænz'leɪʃn ,-ns-]

incorrect translation, misleading translatio

Use "mistranslation" in a sentence

1. Cultural mistranslation includes unconscious and conscious mistranslation , which should be treated individually.

2. The ambiguity may reflect the intricacies of translation and mistranslation.

3. This thesis purports to study cultural mistranslation within a narrow scope-ideational mistranslation in terms of ideology, literary aesthetics, value system, religion and artistic images.

4. A mistranslation by Mr Murakami opens up a common space for imagination.

5. The phenomenon of mistranslation reflects the interaction between the culture and the translation.

6. Through analysis of a Chinese signboard mistranslation, this article discusses the differences between English and Chinese pragmatics.

7. Those who have argued that this idea arose from a mistranslation of Marx and Engels's works are mistaken.

8. Incorrect comprehension, expressive defects and lack of social cultural background are normally the three resources for mistranslation.

9. Cultural discrepancies in Chinese and English often result in mistranslation on the meanings of words and sentences.

10. The mistranslation of form is caused by the special form and content of poetry and the limitations of translation activity.

11. “Antipasta” is an erroneous colloquialism for “antipasto,” a mistranslation of “before the pasta.” The plural form of antipasto is “Antipasti.

12. Emotional input on the part of the literary translator is necessary, but too much subjective emotional input may result in "mistranslation".

13. It is an admirable method to avoid misunderstanding and mistranslation of the source text, which often provides insight into the source culture.

14. One of the important ways to avoid mistranslation is to reveal the factors responsible for misinterpretation and cultural conflicts underlying the languages.

15. For its unconscious effect on translators in their cultural understanding, cultural presupposition is one important factor that may induce mistranslation in literature translation.

16. In the Kayhan newspaper, prominent hard-liner Hossein Shariatmadari wrote that the chances of the mistranslation having been an accident were "close to nil".

17. The present essay takes instances of mistranslation to illustrate the importance in understanding the author's ideology when the translator starts to do the job.

18. This paper makes efforts to analyze with full and accurate examples how ideology, poetics, value and religion affect Lin Shu and induce his cultural mistranslation .

19. Through analyses of some mistranslation sin Chinese version of American Tragedy, this article discusses the basis of these two wrong concepts and translator's method and manner in translation.

20. Due to a mistranslation of our latest project car - the Audi RS6 V10 biturbo - there were lots of radical right-wing rumors on all different blogs and pages that received our first press report.

21. Now you'll be given a huge list of Atma Stone locations, PLEASE NOTE: there seems to be a mistranslation and the quest tells you there are two Atmas in Central Thanalan, this is not true

22. Fortunately, Fumito Ueda has confirmed Agro's gender as "a girl" in an interview in the official artbook and guidebook.Many fans still believe Agro is a stallion, due to the mistranslation (where Agro is referred to as male) in a tutorial message.

23. However, according to GoDai, this was a mistranslation, the correct one being 'release'.; SIU has stated that High Rankers usually can control up to 30-50 Baangs, although Enryu was recorded to have made 9000 Baangs, an astonishing feat that far outstripped the other Rankers.; It takes at least four years to create just one Baang