free translation
Sense over words
Free translation prioritizes meaning and natural expression over word-for-word accuracy.
Where a literal translation follows the source text closely, a free translation captures the spirit, adapting idioms, restructuring sentences, and choosing equivalent expressions that read naturally in the target language: The poem works better as a free translation than a literal one.
- looseNot firmly secured
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- paraphraseRestatement in new words
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
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- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- translationinterpreting, interpreter, interpreters, localization, target language
- translation termsword-for-word, source text, source language, target language, localization
- translation methodsdynamic equivalence, sense-for-sense, adaptation, paraphrase, transcreation
- stage translationdubbing, subtitles, surtitles, supertitles, localization
- explanationswhy, how come, explication, what happened, definition
free translationliteral translation
Exact rendering across languages
word-for-word translation · metaphrase · faithful translation · direct translation · calque
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