A mistranslation is sometimes called a leiterjakab in Hungarian.
Source: tatoeba (4455695)
Mistranslation
//mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "mistranslation" (16 found)
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 誤譯 /误译 noun (incorrect translation)
Finnish
1 entries- käännösvirhe noun (incorrect translation)
French
2 entries- métraduction noun (incorrect translation)
- trouduction noun (incorrect translation)
Hungarian
2 entries- félrefordítás noun (incorrect translation)
- leiterjakab noun (incorrect translation)
Japanese
1 entries- 誤訳 noun (incorrect translation)
Korean
1 entries- 오역 noun (incorrect translation)
Swedish
2 entries- felöversättning noun (incorrect translation)
- översättningsfel noun (incorrect translation)
Sample sentences
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Is this a mysterious Hindi way of saying "since last Friday", or just a mistranslation?
Source: tatoeba (10300328)
MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived.
Source: wiktionary
The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data.
Source: wiktionary
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