WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loan′ transla′tion, - Linguisticsthe 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.
- Linguisticsa word or expression so created. Cf. calque.
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loan translation n - 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 language: English "superman" is a loan translation from German "Übermensch."
Also called: calque