Complete Definition of "loan translation"

English
Etymology
Ironically, its a loan translation itself (from the German Lehnübersetzung)

Noun
en-noun|sg=loan translation

  1. The borrowing of components of a foreign language word and translating them literally

Synonyms
calque

Translations
Icelandic: lánsþýðing f
Japanese: 翻訳��

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