loan translation
noun
the process whereby a compound word or expression is created by literal translation of each of the elements of a compound word or expression in another language, as marriage of convenience from French mariage de convenance.
a word or expression so created.
Compare
calque.
Origin of loan translation
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby loan translation
loan,
loan collection,
loan council,
loan office,
loan shark,
loan translation,
loan value,
loan word,
loan-to-value,
loanable,
loanback
British Dictionary definitions for loan translation
loan translation
noun
the adoption by one language of a phrase or compound word whose components are literal translations of the components of a corresponding phrase or compound in a foreign language
English "superman" is a loan translation from German "Übermensch." Also called: calque