单词 | loan translation |
释义 | loan translationSEE SYNONYMS FOR loan translation ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe process whereby a compound word or expression is created by literal translation of each of the elements of a compound word or expression in another language, as marriage of convenience from French mariage de convenance. a word or expression so created. Compare calque. Origin of loan translationFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby loan translationloan office, loan shark, loansharking, loanshift, loan-to-value, loan translation, loan value, loanword, loath, loathe, loathful Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for loan translationloan translation nounthe adoption by one language of a phrase or compound word whose components are literal translations of the components of a corresponding phrase or compound in a foreign languageEnglish "superman" is a loan translation from German "Übermensch." Also called: calque Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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