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Literal translation

Literal translation, direct translation, word-for-word translation, word-by-word translation, or word-to-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence.

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CalquesWordsGrammarPhrasesSynthetic languages
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Translation studies

BibleDivine Comedy
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Translator's humor

Russian
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TranslationTranslation theoryMetaphraseParaphraseAnalogous
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Literal translation

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples40
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Literal translation

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related to Pidgins · 9
Literal translation → American, Denglisch, For, German, Many, Often, Schaukelstuhl, Spanglish, This
see also · 9
Literal translation → All, Bible, BibleSemantic, EnglishEnglish, Internet, Modern English, She Is Spoke, Standard Version, Two
related to Translator's humor · 8
Literal translation → Another, English, Literal, Mark, One, Russian, The, This
related to Examples · 7
Literal translation → English, German, Hunger, Ich, Literal, The, This
related to Poetry to prose · 4
Literal translation → Charles Singleton's, Divine Comedy, Literal, There
related to Usage · 3
Literal translation → Bible, English, The

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Important terminology

translation literal machine english words often idioms prose also translations language translating phrase sentence example done poetry know create joke

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesThe0.60section
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesGerman0.60section
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesIch0.60section
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesHunger0.60section
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesEnglish0.60section
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesThis0.60section
Literal translationrelated to ExamplesLiteral0.60section
Literal translationrelated to PidginsOften0.60section
Literal translationrelated to PidginsThis0.60section
Literal translationrelated to PidginsMany0.60section
Literal translationrelated to PidginsSpanglish0.60section
Literal translationrelated to PidginsDenglisch0.60section

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