mistranslate
verb
mis·trans·late
ˌmis-tran(t)s-ˈlāt
-tranz-;
-ˈtran(t)s-ˌlāt,
-ˈtranz-
mistranslated; mistranslating
: to translate (something) incorrectly
I have often observed an inquiry by an American slightly mistranslated into Japanese and the Japanese answer then in turn mistranslated.—Edwin O. Reischauer
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