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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mistranslate .
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Examples
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The Bangkok Post then reported that Jakrapobh had accused Abhisit and the Democrats of '' mistranslating '' the speech.
FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand facthai 2010
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Broder is in a long line of mistranslating the public voice.
Matthew Yglesias » 71 Percent of Americans, Including 52 Percent of Republicans Are Liberal Elitists 2010
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Kopel went on to discuss relevant lessons from the stories of Abraham and Moses, Torah laws regarding home defense and the right and duty to come to the aid of others who are attacked, Talmudic commentary, and the absurdity of mistranslating the Sixth Commandment as a prohibition against all killing.
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I am listening to your day-tales, though I wonder that this time might be better spent mistranslating health warnings from foreign cigarettes and pasting them to a gallery wall or, perhaps, composing a biro haiku on the arch of a foot, proclaiming:
Day 9: Better Spent Time Jane Flett 2011
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Kopel went on to discuss relevant lessons from the stories of Abraham and Moses, Torah laws regarding home defense and the right and duty to come to the aid of others who are attacked, Talmudic commentary, and the absurdity of mistranslating the Sixth Commandment as a prohibition against all killing.
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When Amanpour reads him back the quote from the Iranian judge who says such a trial is going forward, Sussudio throws the book of excuses at her: he has to stay independent from the judiciary, he is unaware of the details of the case which made news in newspapers that are now being read to him aloud, and also, maybe Amanpour is mistranslating it?
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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When Amanpour reads him back the quote from the Iranian judge who says such a trial is going forward, Sussudio throws the book of excuses at her: he has to stay independent from the judiciary, he is unaware of the details of the case which made news in newspapers that are now being read to him aloud, and also, maybe Amanpour is mistranslating it?
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Namely, by painting Ahmadinejad as a virtual Hitler and mistranslating his comments up until this day.
Preparing the Battlefield: Scott Horton Interviews Seymour Hersh « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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When Amanpour reads him back the quote from the Iranian judge who says such a trial is going forward, Sussudio throws the book of excuses at her: he has to stay independent from the judiciary, he is unaware of the details of the case which made news in newspapers that are now being read to him aloud, and also, maybe Amanpour is mistranslating it?
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When Amanpour reads him back the quote from the Iranian judge who says such a trial is going forward, Sussudio throws the book of excuses at her: he has to stay independent from the judiciary, he is unaware of the details of the case which made news in newspapers that are now being read to him aloud, and also, maybe Amanpour is mistranslating it?
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