mistranslating
Rendering words incorrectly
Mistranslating is rendering text or speech from one language into another incorrectly.
The error may be minor or may completely reverse the intended meaning: The treaty was mistranslated, leading to decades of diplomatic confusion.
Mistranslating can happen through incompetence, carelessness, or sometimes deliberately to deceive.
Depict or display inaccurately
- garbleDistort into confusion
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- misconstrueUnderstand incorrectly
- mistranscribeRecord text inaccurately
misread · misquote · calque · loanword · cognate · idiom · subtitling · dubbing
Depict inaccurately or falsely
- skewTwist from straight
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- slantOblique angle or bias
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
falsify · corrupt · manipulate · spin · warp · mischaracterize · distort · pervert
Foolish, costly mistake
- gaffeClumsy social error
- howlerEmbarrassingly obvious mistake
- flubClumsy error
- slipMinor error or misstep
mistranscription · typo · oversight · bungle · embarrassment · correction · errata · mistaken
Fail to convey clearly
- misunderstandGrasp incorrectly
- misrelayTransmit inaccurately to another
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
misstatement · misreport · bilingual · multilingual · interpreter · mediator
misrender
Depict or display inaccurately
- garbleDistort into confusion
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- misconstrueUnderstand incorrectly
mistranscribe · misread · misquote · calque · loanword · cognate · idiom · subtitling · dubbing · localization
misrepresent
Depict inaccurately or falsely
bias · falsify · corrupt · manipulate · spin · warp · mischaracterize · distort · pervert · alter
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
slip · mistranscription · typo · oversight · bungle · embarrassment · correction · errata · mistaken · inaccuracy
miscommunicate
Fail to convey clearly
- misunderstandGrasp incorrectly
- misrelayTransmit inaccurately to another
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
ambiguity · misstatement · misreport · bilingual · multilingual · interpreter · mediator