mistranslate

mistranslate Definition

mis·trans·late (mis′trans lāt′, -tranz-; mis trans′lāt′, -tranz′-)

transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing

to translate incorrectly

mistranslate Related Forms

mis′·trans·la′·tion noun

mistranslate Synonyms

mistranslate Usage Examples

Object

document: They found he had invented and suppressed evidence for decades, deliberately mistranslated some documents and selectively quoted from others.
title: And all of this with ludicrously mistranslated song titles written in the vernacular of Lancashire and the Lakes.

Modifying Another Word

deliberately: They found he had invented and suppressed evidence for decades, deliberately mistranslated some documents and selectively quoted from others.

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