"mistranslation" meaning in All languages combined

See mistranslation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/, /mɪsˈtʃɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Forms: mistranslations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From mis- + translation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mis-|translation}} mis- + translation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mistranslation (countable and uncountable, plural mistranslations)
  1. An incorrect translation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (incorrect translation): käännösvirhe (Finnish), métraduction [feminine] (French), trouduction [feminine, slang] (French), félrefordítás (Hungarian), leiterjakab (Hungarian), 誤訳 (goyaku) (alt: ごやく) (Japanese), 오역 (oyeok) (alt: 誤譯) (Korean), felöversättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mistranslation-en-noun-1BqNzz~3 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'incorrect translation': 91 9
  2. (genetics) The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-mistranslation-en-noun-R~Jeifzj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 56 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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