Definition of Mistranslations

1. Noun. (plural of mistranslation) ¹

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Definition of Mistranslations

1. mistranslation [n] - See also: mistranslation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistranslations

mistraining
mistrains
mistral
mistrals
mistranscribe
mistranscribed
mistranscribes
mistranscribing
mistranscription
mistranscriptions
mistranslate
mistranslated
mistranslates
mistranslating
mistranslation
mistranslations (current term)
mistransliterate
mistransliterated
mistransliterates
mistransliterating
mistransliteration
mistransliterations
mistreading
mistreadings
mistreat
mistreated
mistreater
mistreaters
mistreating
mistreatment

Literary usage of Mistranslations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Baptist Review by J R Baumes (1879)
"ARTICLE I. SOME mistranslations OF THE GREEK ARTICLE IN THE AUTHORIZED VERSION. BY REV. JM STIFLER, DD OvA King James's Version of the New Testament holds ..."

2. The Sonnet; Its Origin, Structure, and Place in Poetry: With Original by Charles Tomlinson (1874)
"... frequently contain (a) positive mistranslations, arising apparently from an inadequate knowledge of the Italian language on the part of the translator, ..."

3. The Aramaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel by Charles Fox Burney (1922)
"CHAPTER VII mistranslations OF THE ORIGINAL ARAMAIC' OF THE GOSPEL THE most weighty form of evidence in proof that a document is a translation from another ..."

4. A Continuation of the Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian by Mathews (Anne Jackson) (1839)
"Letter from Mr. Horace Smith; absurd mistranslations; Speculations on the Voyage to America.—Letter from Mr. Freeling.—Mr. Mathews's Performance at Carlton ..."

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