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Translation or transliteration?

• englishrookie 4y ago
  No transliteration: Dutch uses the Latin alphabet.
  • grumpopotamus 4y ago
    Maybe word for word translation is the phrase we're looking for? As opposed to an idiomatic translation. Transliteration means phonetically translating from one alphabet to another, in order to p reserve the pronunciation.
    • jhardy54 4y ago
      Exactly this — I thought that’s what “transliteration” meant, but I was wrong. I appreciate the pointer.
  • jhardy54 4y ago
    Thanks, I didn’t realize that I’ve been using that word incorrectly. I should have said ‘literal translation’. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_translation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_translation