"translationese" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-translationese.ogg
Etymology: From translation + -ese. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|translation|ese}} translation + -ese Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} translationese (uncountable)
  1. (translation studies) Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation, such as due to overly literal translation of idioms or syntax. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Translation studies Synonyms: translatese, translatorese Translations (Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation): 翻譯腔 (Chinese Mandarin), 翻译腔 (fānyìqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), käännöskieli (Finnish), traduttese [masculine] (Italian), 翻訳調 (hon'yakuchō) (Japanese), 번역체 (beonyeokche) (Korean), tradutês [masculine] (Portuguese)
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        "(translation studies) Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation, such as due to overly literal translation of idioms or syntax."
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
          "word": "翻譯腔"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fānyìqiāng",
          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
          "word": "翻译腔"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
          "word": "käännöskieli"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "traduttese"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "beonyeokche",
          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
          "word": "번역체"
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          "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
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    },
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      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traduttese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
      "word": "翻訳調"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beonyeokche",
      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
      "word": "번역체"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation",
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      "word": "tradutês"
    },
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      "note": "översättningssvenska (when translated to Swedish, and especially from English)",
      "sense": "Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation"
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