English Dictionary

loan rendering

名詞

An inexact calque where, for at least one constituent, the literal translation is not used in favor of a word that is more apt for producing the aimed-for figurative picture within the target language.

日本語の意味

原語の直訳を基本としつつも、少なくとも一部の語句に対しては、文字通りの訳ではなく、目指す比喩的表現をより正確に伝えるために適切な語を選んで翻訳する、不完全な直訳の訳法。 / 全体としては直訳に近いが、特定の語句で文脈や比喩を重視し、適正な日本語表現を採用することで原意を補完する訳し方

The translator defended his loan rendering as an attempt to preserve the original's imagery even at the expense of literal accuracy.

翻訳者は、原文のイメージを保持する試みとして、字義どおりの正確さを犠牲にしてでもその適応的借用翻訳を擁護した。

意味（1）

An inexact calque where, for at least one constituent, the literal translation is not used in favor of a word that is more apt for producing the aimed-for figurative picture within the target language.

Morover, Ibn Khaldûn’s particulary terminology, which he evolved with great pains for his “new science,” had to be preserved as far as possible; to some degree, it must have impressed his contemporary readers as unusual. Therefore, at least the outstanding terms. such as ʿumrân, ʿaṣabîyah, badâwah, were preserved in the translation by rather artificial loan renderings (“civilization,” “group spirit, “desert life or attitude”).

loan renderings （ plural ）