alloglottography

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A direct translation of an utterance from one language to another such that the original utterance can be unambiguously and correctly recovered.

Word forms

alloglottography alloglottographies

Etymology

Coined by Ilya Gershevitch as allo- + glotto- + -graphy

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