"undertranslation" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From under- + translation.",
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          "text": "An expression which lacks the proper specificity results in undertranslation; when the translator is too specific, on the other hand, overtranslation results.",
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          "ref": "1984, Multilingua, page 130:",
          "text": "If mere identification does not suffice, transfer is restricted, thus indicating that a certain amount of information content is lost in transfer; in other words, undertranslation occurs.",
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          "ref": "2014, Michele H. Jones, The Beginning Translator’s Workbook: or the ABCs of French to English Translation, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 7:",
          "text": "Overtranslation and undertranslation are standard translation mistakes resulting from improper T.U. delineation:",
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        "the act or result of undertranslating"
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