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Definition of Mistranslated
1. mistranslate [v] - See also: mistranslate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistranslated
Literary usage of Mistranslated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Statement of Reasons for Not Believing the Doctrines of Trinitarians by Andrews Norton, William Newell (1886)
"Perhaps no text, however, has been more frequently quoted or referred to.* But
it now seems to be generally conceded that the words have been mistranslated. ..."
2. Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans: with remarks on the commentaries of by Robert Haldane (1874)
"... meaning of the same word, which, in the 16th verse, in consistency with his
unscriptural system, he had mistranslated, by rendering it justification. ..."
3. Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Advocate by Cosmo Innes (1854)
"this book was printed from garbled and mistranslated copies. It became at length
evident that the whole volume must be suppressed. ..."
4. The Classical Journal (1824)
"BIBLICAL CRITICISM On the mistranslated Passages of Scripture: Joel ii. 23.
—Job xix. 26.—Deut. xxiii. 1. OBJECTORS have stated that there is no positive ..."
5. On the Authorized Version of the New Testament in Connection with Some by Richard Chenevix Trench (1858)
"... WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY mistranslated. OUR Translators occasionally fail in part
or altogether to give the true force of a word or phrase. ..."
6. European Travel for Women: Notes and Suggestons by Mary Cadwalader Jones (1900)
"... FRENCH WORDS SOMETIMES mistranslated Agr£ment. Pleasure, enjoyment. Never an
agreement in the English sense. Amusant. Interesting. ..."
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