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单词 translatese
释义

translatesen.

Brit. /ˌtrɑːnzleɪˈtiːz/, /ˌtranzleɪˈtiːz/, /ˌtrɑːnsleɪˈtiːz/, /ˌtransleɪˈtiːz/, U.S. /ˌtrænzleɪˈtiz/, /ˌtræn(t)sleɪˈtiz/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: translate v., -ese suffix.
Etymology: < translate v. + -ese suffix.
The style of language perceived as characteristic of (bad) translations; language in a translation which appears awkward, unnatural, or unidiomatic, esp. as a result of the translator attempting to replicate closely the specific features of the source text. Cf. translationese n., translatorese n.
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1908 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 9 601 The participial construction was purely ‘translatese’ and does not appear to have been adopted in the colloquial or the literary language.
1967 Listener 8 June 762/1 He..has couched it in the luke-warm translatese of one of his own more unurgent renderings.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Feb. 202/1 Paralysing woodenness (‘I am concerned to determine’), the dull thud of translatese (‘Here is the place to mention Pirandello finally’).
2008 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 67 631 The phrases are becoming increasingly Chinese, no longer ‘translatese’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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