单词 | to be lost in translation |
释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get) lost in translation to be (also get) lost in translation: to be diminished or destroyed by being translated into another language, medium, form, or situation; to be misinterpreted. ΚΠ 1800 Monthly Epitome Feb. 53/1 Each book contains much more matter than was thought fit to give in English, because some of the anecdotes are too free, and the humour of the other lies in puns, the wit of which must be lost in translation. 1852 Athenæum 20 Nov. 1271/3 The very soil on which a monument grows and the atmosphere which surrounds it are part of its historical characters and of its moral expressions, which must be lost in translation. 1949 Times 29 Aug. 8/1 The Lost People is based on the play Cockpit, but whatever virtue the stage drama may have had has been lost in translation. 1979 Times of India 20 May 12/5 Much of the beauty of the author's original prose has been lost in translation. 2015 M. E. Mazey & A. L. Balazs in R. J. Sternberg et al. Acad. Leadership in Higher Educ. ii. vi. 51 The bureaucracy doesn't allow for information to flow directly, and the message gets lost in translation. < as lemmas |
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