Idiom
lost in translation
Meaning
Unable to be understood due to having been poorly translated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The meaning of the poem was lost in translation.”
“I tried to explain the joke to my friend, but the humor was lost in translation.”
“Although the author attempted to convey the cultural nuances of her homeland, much of the emotional depth was unfortunately lost in translation during the final edit.”
Examples
simple
“The meaning of the poem was lost in translation.”
contextual
“I tried to explain the joke to my friend, but the humor was lost in translation.”
complex
“Although the author attempted to convey the cultural nuances of her homeland, much of the emotional depth was unfortunately lost in translation during the final edit.”
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