loan translation
- noun
- /loʊn ˌtrænsləˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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calco
- The term 'flea market' is a loan translation of the French 'marché aux puces'.
Examples
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Linguists often study how loan translation influences vocabulary development in different languages.
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The English word skyscraper is not a loan translation, but some other words are.
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A common loan translation in English is 'skyscraper'.
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Many loan translations exist in modern languages.
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The term 'flea market' is a loan translation of the French 'marché aux puces'.
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Linguists often study how loan translation influences vocabulary development in different languages.
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Many loan translations exist in modern languages, showcasing the blending of cultures.
Synonyms
A word or phrase that translates another language word for word
How Anglicized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'loan' (a borrowed lexical item) and 'translation', so learners can infer it refers to a kind of translation involving borrowing or transfer from another language. However, the specific technical sense — a component-by-component calque — is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts for a B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Loan translation is when speakers take a phrase from another language and translate its parts word by word. For example, the French phrase 'marché aux puces' became English flea market by translating each word, so the term means a direct, part-by-part translation from a foreign language.