untranslatability

English

Etymology

From untranslatable +‎ -ity.

Noun

untranslatability (uncountable)

  1. The quality or property of being untranslatable; inability to be translated.
    1. (translation studies) The inability of meaning to be transferred from one language to another without undergoing fundamental change.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.