undertranslation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ translation

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

undertranslation (plural undertranslations)

  1. the act or result of undertranslating
    • 1974, American Translators Association, State University of New York at Binghamton. Translation Center, Translators and translating: selected essays from the American Translators Association summer workshops, 1974, page 69:
      An expression which lacks the proper specificity results in undertranslation; when the translator is too specific, on the other hand, overtranslation results.
    • 1984, Multilingua, page 130:
      If mere identification does not suffice, transfer is restricted, thus indicating that a certain amount of information content is lost in transfer; in other words, undertranslation occurs.
    • 2014, Michele H. Jones, The Beginning Translator’s Workbook: or the ABCs of French to English Translation, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 7:
      Overtranslation and undertranslation are standard translation mistakes resulting from improper T.U. delineation:
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