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undertranslations

undertranslations is the plural of undertranslation.

Meaning of undertranslation

Noun

undertranslation (plural undertranslations)

  1. The act or result of undertranslating.
    • An expression which lacks the proper specificity results in undertranslation; when the translator is too specific, on the other hand, overtranslation results.1974, American Translators Association, State University of New York at Binghamton. Translation Center, Translators and translating: selected essays from the American Translators Association summer...

Questions about undertranslations

What is undertranslations the plural of?
Undertranslations is the plural of undertranslation.

Words near undertranslations in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undertranslations (page history and authors); undertranslation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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