LOAN TRANSLATION


Meaning of LOAN TRANSLATION in English

noun

Etymology: translation of German lehnübersetzung

: a compound, derivative, or phrase introduced into a language through translation of the constituent parts of a term in another language (as neogrammarian from German junggrammatiker, reason of state from French raison d' état ) — called also calque

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.