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单词 loan translation
释义

loan translation

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noun

the 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 translation

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby loan translation

loan office, loan shark, loansharking, loanshift, loan-to-value, loan translation, loan value, loanword, loath, loathe, loathful
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British Dictionary definitions for loan translation

loan translation

noun

the 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
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