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undertranslating

undertranslating is the present participle and gerund 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 undertranslating

What is undertranslating the present participle and gerund of?
Undertranslating is the present participle and gerund of undertranslate.

Words near undertranslating in the dictionary

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

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