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mistranslate

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
 : 
mis=trans=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

mistranslatev. t. 
     To translate erroneously.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mistranslate, v.tr. translate incorrectly.

Derivative
mistranslation n.

ROGET THESAURUS

mistranslate

Misinterpretation

VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.


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