Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overtranslate
Participle: overtranslated
Gerund: overtranslating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overtranslate |
| you | overtranslate |
| he;she;it | overtranslates |
| we | overtranslate |
| you | overtranslate |
| they | overtranslate |
Perfect
| I | have overtranslated |
| you | have overtranslated |
| he;she;it | has overtranslated |
| we | have overtranslated |
| you | have overtranslated |
| they | have overtranslated |
Past
| I | overtranslated |
| you | overtranslated |
| he;she;it | overtranslated |
| we | overtranslated |
| you | overtranslated |
| they | overtranslated |
Pluperfect
| I | had overtranslated |
| you | had overtranslated |
| he;she;it | had overtranslated |
| we | had overtranslated |
| you | had overtranslated |
| they | had overtranslated |
Future
| I | will overtranslate |
| you | will overtranslate |
| he;she;it | will overtranslate |
| we | will overtranslate |
| you | will overtranslate |
| they | will overtranslate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overtranslated |
| you | will have overtranslated |
| he;she;it | will have overtranslated |
| we | will have overtranslated |
| you | will have overtranslated |
| they | will have overtranslated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overtranslate |
| you | overtranslate |
| he;she;it | overtranslate |
| we | overtranslate |
| you | overtranslate |
| they | overtranslate |
Perfect
| I | have overtranslated |
| you | have overtranslated |
| he;she;it | have overtranslated |
| we | have overtranslated |
| you | have overtranslated |
| they | have overtranslated |
Imperfect
| I | overtranslated |
| you | overtranslated |
| he;she;it | overtranslated |
| we | overtranslated |
| you | overtranslated |
| they | overtranslated |
Pluperfect
| I | had overtranslated |
| you | had overtranslated |
| he;she;it | had overtranslated |
| we | had overtranslated |
| you | had overtranslated |
| they | had overtranslated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overtranslate |
| you | would overtranslate |
| he;she;it | would overtranslate |
| we | would overtranslate |
| you | would overtranslate |
| they | would overtranslate |
Perfect
| I | would have overtranslated |
| you | would have overtranslated |
| he;she;it | would have overtranslated |
| we | would have overtranslated |
| you | would have overtranslated |
| they | would have overtranslated |
Imperative
| you | overtranslate |
| we | Let's overtranslate |
| you | overtranslate |
Verbs conjugated like 'overtranslate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overtranslate'
retranslate,
undertranslate,
backtranslate,
cotranslate,
mistranslate,
overanimate,
overinflate,
overlegislate,
overpronate,
overregulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + translate.
Sample Sentences
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When we select too-specific a rendering, we overtranslate, and, thus, risk adding information which may not be true. [1974, American Translators Association, State University of New York at Binghamton. Translation Center, Translators and translating: selected essays from the American Translators Association summer workshops, 1974, page 8:]
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Translate the gateway, but don't overtranslate [2010, John Yunker, The Art of the Global Gateway: Strategies for Successful Multilingual Navigation, Byte Level Books, →ISBN, page 86:]
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To overtranslate: 'as far as my having slaves is concerned, I have – none'. [2010, Eleanor Dickey, Anna Chahoud, Colloquial and Literary Latin, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 179:]