At a guess, this is a later and more successful development from the earlier attempts to transcreate abstract Indian imagery into English
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Transcreate
Synonyms for "transcreate"
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"We need someone to trans-create, rather than translate our advertising for the Hispanic market, especially in Dade," said Sandy Tapper, NCNB advertising
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Even Raja Rao's, Serpent and the Rope, is much less successful in its attempt to transcreate a Sanskrit structure into English.
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... saying under my breath as it were: Let him transcreate as much as he likes but allow me merely to translate.
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