"alloglottography" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alloglottographies [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Ilya Gershevitch as allo- + glotto- + -graphy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|allo|glotto-|graphy}} allo- + glotto- + -graphy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alloglottography (countable and uncountable, plural alloglottographies)
  1. A direct translation of an utterance from one language to another such that the original utterance can be unambiguously and correctly recovered. Wikipedia link: Ilya Gershevitch Tags: countable, uncountable

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