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undertranslates

undertranslates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undertranslate.

Meaning of undertranslate

Verb

undertranslate (third-person singular simple present undertranslates, present participle undertranslating, simple past and past participle undertranslated)

  1. To translate (language) in insufficient detail, or failing to translate certain elements.
    • Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation.1991, Peter Newmark, About Translation, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 104

Questions about undertranslates

What is undertranslates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undertranslates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undertranslate.

Words near undertranslates in the dictionary

  1. undertrained
  2. undertraining
  3. undertrains
  4. undertranslate
  5. undertranslated
  6. undertranslates
  7. undertranslating
  8. undertranslation
  9. undertranslations
  10. undertransmitted
  11. undertray

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