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English
Etymology
From mis- + translation.
Pronunciation
Noun
mistranslation (countable and uncountable, plural mistranslations)
- An incorrect translation.
1824, S H. Jackson, The Jew:MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived.
2012, Helen Lauer, Kofi Anyidoho, Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities Through African Perspectives, page 87:The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data.
- (genetics) The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence.
Translations
incorporation of incorrect amino acid