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Example sentences for: mistranslation

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The modern translations of Isaiah which are cited above are legitimate translations; the King James translation is also a legitimate translation of Isaiah 7, not a “mistranslation.”
But, is the passage in Matthew a “mistranslation?”
A different type of mistranslation can result in a strange kind of doublet.
Some time ago I came to the defense of St. Jerome and his “mistranslation” which gave Moses horns.
Another mistranslation which has probably had a much greater influence on the Western world is that of the Hebrew word almah , which means `young woman' but was translated as `virgin.