undertranslation

plural undertranslations

1. human sciencesThe act or result of undertranslating.

   Overtranslation and undertranslation are standard translation mistakes resulting from improper T.U. delineation:

   2014, Michele H. Jones, The Beginning Translator’s Workbook: or the ABCs of French to English Translation, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 7

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   An expression which lacks the proper specificity results in undertranslation; when the translator is too specific, on the other hand, overtranslation results.

   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 69

   If mere identification does not suffice, transfer is restricted, thus indicating that a certain amount of information content is lost in transfer; in other words, undertranslation occurs.

   1984, Multilingua, page 130