MISTRANSLATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does mistranslation mean? • MISTRANSLATION (noun)
The noun MISTRANSLATION has 1 sense:
1. an incorrect translation
Familiarity information: MISTRANSLATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MISTRANSLATION (noun)
Meaning:
An incorrect translation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mistranslation" is a kind of...):
interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)
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