Foreignizing
//ˈfɒɹənʌɪzɪŋ// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of foreignize form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That makes foreign.
"Foreignizing translation styles bend English into shapes that mirror some limited aspect of the source language, such as word order or sentence structure."
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