Undertranslation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the act or result of undertranslating

    "An expression which lacks the proper specificity results in undertranslation; when the translator is too specific, on the other hand, overtranslation results."

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"An expression which lacks the proper specificity results in undertranslation; when the translator is too specific, on the other hand, overtranslation results."

Etymology

From under- + translation.

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