loan translation

English

Etymology

From loan +‎ translation, calque of German Lehnübersetzung.

Noun

loan translation (plural loan translations)

1. Synonym of calque.
   • 2007, Alexander Onysko, Anglicisms in German‎^[1]:

     To support his definition, Betz discusses various examples of loan translation from Latin and English as in German Wolkenkratzer after English skyscraper, Gegengift ('antidote') after Latin contravenenum, Mitleid ('compasssion') after Latin compassio, and Gewissen ('conscience') after Latin conscientia (1949: 27,32).

Translations

calque — see calque

See also

• loanword