Undertranslate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To translate (language) in insufficient detail, or failing to translate certain elements.
"Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation."
Example
More examples"Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation."
Etymology
From under- + translate.
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