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Meanings of mistranslation in English

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Usage of mistranslation in English
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The second verse quoted by the same author is a mere mistranslation.
A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' / Showing that all ...
2
The mistranslation resulted in several casualties and a mission which ended in disaster.
Reuters
3
Most American critics regarded the movie as an almost sacrilegious mistranslation.
The Guardian
4
My approaching death, he had written, and there was no room for mistranslation.
Way Station
5
The legend of Solomon's power over the Genii originates in a mistranslation of Eccl.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
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He was perhaps misled by a mistranslation of his own.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
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A spokeswoman repeated an apology over the royal birthday mistranslation.
Reuters
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There has probably been a mistranslation at some stage of the history of the poem.
Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
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The old version conceals this fact by a mistranslation.
Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People
10
I call this a serious mistranslation, because it lessens the force of the writer's comparison.
The Christian Life: Its Course, Its Hindrances, and Its Helps
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He talks with Bryan Crump about the art of translation and the perils of mistranslation.
Radio NZ
12
He would chain you up, for a mistranslation.
Wolf hall
13
Thomas More thinks it is a wicked mistranslation.
Wolf hall
14
We must look for this in the mistranslation of a few words in the Greek New Testament.
Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
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Sometimes mistranslation has disastrous and deadly consequences.
Radio NZ
16
What an inspired mistranslation made it glass!'
Shadowland
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