translationese

English

Etymology

From translation +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

translationese (uncountable)

1. (translation studies) Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation, such as due to overly literal translation of idioms or syntax.

Synonyms

• translatese
• translatorese

Translations

Awkwardness or ungrammaticality of translation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翻譯腔／翻译腔 (zh) (fānyìqiāng)

• Finnish: käännöskieli
• Italian: traduttese m
• Japanese: 翻訳調 (hon'yakuchō)
• Korean: 번역체 (beonyeokche)
• Swedish: översättningssvenska (when translated to Swedish, and especially from English)