Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undertranslate
Participle: undertranslated
Gerund: undertranslating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | undertranslate |
| you | undertranslate |
| he;she;it | undertranslates |
| we | undertranslate |
| you | undertranslate |
| they | undertranslate |
Perfect
| I | have undertranslated |
| you | have undertranslated |
| he;she;it | has undertranslated |
| we | have undertranslated |
| you | have undertranslated |
| they | have undertranslated |
Past
| I | undertranslated |
| you | undertranslated |
| he;she;it | undertranslated |
| we | undertranslated |
| you | undertranslated |
| they | undertranslated |
Pluperfect
| I | had undertranslated |
| you | had undertranslated |
| he;she;it | had undertranslated |
| we | had undertranslated |
| you | had undertranslated |
| they | had undertranslated |
Future
| I | will undertranslate |
| you | will undertranslate |
| he;she;it | will undertranslate |
| we | will undertranslate |
| you | will undertranslate |
| they | will undertranslate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undertranslated |
| you | will have undertranslated |
| he;she;it | will have undertranslated |
| we | will have undertranslated |
| you | will have undertranslated |
| they | will have undertranslated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undertranslate |
| you | undertranslate |
| he;she;it | undertranslate |
| we | undertranslate |
| you | undertranslate |
| they | undertranslate |
Perfect
| I | have undertranslated |
| you | have undertranslated |
| he;she;it | have undertranslated |
| we | have undertranslated |
| you | have undertranslated |
| they | have undertranslated |
Imperfect
| I | undertranslated |
| you | undertranslated |
| he;she;it | undertranslated |
| we | undertranslated |
| you | undertranslated |
| they | undertranslated |
Pluperfect
| I | had undertranslated |
| you | had undertranslated |
| he;she;it | had undertranslated |
| we | had undertranslated |
| you | had undertranslated |
| they | had undertranslated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undertranslate |
| you | would undertranslate |
| he;she;it | would undertranslate |
| we | would undertranslate |
| you | would undertranslate |
| they | would undertranslate |
Perfect
| I | would have undertranslated |
| you | would have undertranslated |
| he;she;it | would have undertranslated |
| we | would have undertranslated |
| you | would have undertranslated |
| they | would have undertranslated |
Imperative
| you | undertranslate |
| we | Let's undertranslate |
| you | undertranslate |
Verbs conjugated like 'undertranslate'
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 'undertranslate'
overtranslate,
underprenylate,
retranslate,
underinflate,
underinsulate,
underregulate,
back-translate,
backtranslate,
cotranslate,
degranulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + translate.
Sample Sentences
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Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation. [1991, Peter Newmark, About Translation, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 104:]
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Only Borell and Adam undertranslate this opener as "What brings you here, Adler?" [2017, Geraldine Brodie, Adapting Translation for the Stage, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 45:]
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I was told specifically that they were going to undertranslate differences between, say, present and aorist infinitives, because there was no agreement on how to handle the differences. [2019, David R. Miller, Greek Pedagogy in Crisis: A Pedagogical Analysis and Assessment of New Testament Greek in Twenty-First-Century Theological Education, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 185:]