translation error
Meaning lost crossing
A translation error is a mistake that occurs when converting text or speech from one language to another.
The error may involve wrong word choices, misunderstood idioms, or lost nuances: The translation error changed "I am a jelly doughnut" into a presidential gaffe.
Translation errors also occur in computing when converting between formats or encoding systems, and in biology when protein synthesis goes awry during the reading of genetic code.
- mistranslationErroneous rendering between languages
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- word saladMeaningless verbal confusion
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- glitchMinor system fault
lost meaning · typo · mangled · distorted · babel · nonsense · gibberish · faithful · interpreter · subtitle · localization · meaning · nuance · literal · betrayal · awkward · phrasing · context
- translation technologyBabel Fish, post-editing, source language, target language, parallel text
- errorsmistake, blunder, blunders, fault, flaw
- communication failsmisunderstanding, autocorrect fail, typo, wrong number, reply all
- Student Mistakestypo, misspelling, wrong answer, careless mistake, spelling mistake
- ambiguityambiguity, ambivalence, double meaning, vagueness, equivocation
- mismatchesmismatch, wrong fit, misfit, incompatibility, wrong size
translation, translate, translator, translators, translations, translated, translating, translatable, untranslatable