Lexicographical Neighbors of Overliteral
Literary usage of Overliteral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care by Henry Sweet (1871)
"It may be remarked that ' reade apla' is an overliteral rendering of ' mala
púnica,' which means ' pomegranates. ..."
2. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"... a means of giving his music unity of idea, he avoids those overliteral,
mechanical transpositions of motive which we found in the more primitive dances. ..."
3. Early Theories of Translation by Flora Ross Amos (1920)
"In avoiding the overliteral method, however, the translator of the classics
sometimes assumed a regrettable freedom, not only with the words but with the ..."
4. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"... a means of giving his music unity of idea, he avoids those overliteral,
mechanical transpositions of motive which we found in the more primitive dances. ..."
5. The Appreciation of Music by Daniel Gregory Mason, Thomas Whitney Surette (1907)
"... a means of giving his music unity of idea, he avoids those overliteral,
mechanical transpositions of motive which we found in the more primitive dances. ..."
6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"... importance of a correct translation, with instances of overliteral, obsolete,
obscure expressions, which would readily present themselves to any one. ..."
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