Undertranslate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Undertranslate is a verb meaning (translation studies) To translate (language) in insufficient detail, or failing to translate certain elements.
Meaning
(translation studies) To translate (language) in insufficient detail, or failing to translate certain elements.
Example Sentences
Only Borell and Adam undertranslate this opener as "What brings you here, Adler?"
Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation.
I was told specifically that they were going to undertranslate differences between, say, present and aorist infinitives, because there was no agreement on how to handle the differences.
Word Forms
- undertranslates
- undertranslating
- undertranslated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underdefine, underspecify, underdilute, underoptimize, undermodify, undercolour.
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