mistranslate as a verb: - 1
mistranslate
verb
1 mistranslate
Translate incorrectly.
Roget 523:
misinterpret,
misapprehend,
misunderstand,
misconceive,
misspell,
mistranslate,
misconstrue,
misapply;
mistake
etc.
495.
misrepresent,
pervert;
explain wrongly,
misstate;
garble
etc.
(falsify)
544;
distort,
detort†;
travesty,
play upon words;
stretch the sense,
strain the sense,
stretch the meaning,
strain the meaning,
wrest the sense,
wrest the meaning;
explain away;
put a bad construction on,
put a false construction on;
give a false coloring.
be at cross purposes,
play at cross purposes.
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