overtranslate

overtranslate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ translate

Verb

overtranslate (third-person singular simple present overtranslates, present participle overtranslating, simple past and past participle overtranslated)

1. to translate excessively or incorrectly.
   • 1974, American Translators Association, State University of New York at Binghamton. Translation Center, Translators and translating: selected essays from the American Translators Association summer workshops, 1974, page 8:

     When we select too-specific a rendering, we overtranslate, and, thus, risk adding information which may not be true.

   • 2010, John Yunker, The Art of the Global Gateway: Strategies for Successful Multilingual Navigation, Byte Level Books (→ISBN), page 86:

     Translate the gateway, but don't overtranslate

   • 2010, Eleanor Dickey, Anna Chahoud, Colloquial and Literary Latin, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 179:

     To overtranslate: 'as far as my having slaves is concerned, I have – none'.

Anagrams

• transelevator