noun🔗Share直訳A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language."The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide"."「watershed」という単語は、ドイツ語の「Wasserscheide」の直訳です。languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share直訳するTo adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts."French speakers sometimes calque English phrases, such as translating "skyscraper" literally into "gratte-ciel." "フランス語話者は、「skyscraper」を「gratte-ciel」と直訳するように、英語のフレーズを直訳することがあります。languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
