lost in translation in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lost in translation (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tried reading the instruction manual but many of the steps were unfortunately lost in translation."
        },
        {
          "text": "The message of the Japanese Prime Minister's speech was lost in translation."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated."
      ],
      "id": "en-lost_in_translation-en-adj-f7mPRtqY",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "translation loss"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated",
          "word": "kadota käännöksessä"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-lost in translation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/En-au-lost_in_translation.ogg/En-au-lost_in_translation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/En-au-lost_in_translation.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lost in translation"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lost in translation (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "translation loss"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tried reading the instruction manual but many of the steps were unfortunately lost in translation."
        },
        {
          "text": "The message of the Japanese Prime Minister's speech was lost in translation."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-lost in translation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/En-au-lost_in_translation.ogg/En-au-lost_in_translation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/En-au-lost_in_translation.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated",
      "word": "kadota käännöksessä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lost in translation"
}

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"lost in translation" meaning in English

Adjective