mistranslate

[ mis-trans-leyt, -tranz-, mis-trans-leyt, -tranz- ]

/ ˌmɪs trænsˈleɪt, -trænz-, mɪsˈtræns leɪt, -ˈtrænz- /

to translate incorrectly.

Origin of mistranslate

First recorded in 1525–35; mis-¹ + translate

mis·trans·la·tion, noun

In that case, there was indeed a mistranslation, though the actual rendering was only slightly less noxious than the errant one.

Pro-Israel Group Attacks New York Times' Iran Correspondent |Ali Gharib |August 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The reference to a mistranslation stems from an incident regarding Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Pro-Israel Group Attacks New York Times' Iran Correspondent |Ali Gharib |August 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Hebraists will want to shout "gotcha" at my mistranslation but that will show they haven't been watching the news.

New Words For A New War |Gil Troy |November 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The Authorized Version spoils this by a small, but rather serious, mistranslation.

The Expositor's Bible: |Alfred Plummer

This appears to be a mistranslation of the French; other translations have it as at least a hundred feet high.

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras |Jules Verne
This so-called prophecy, like the preceding, is a mistranslation.

The Christ |John Eleazer Remsburg
It is true the English Bible translates 'Woe to the land,' but this is a mistranslation.

Ghetto Tragedies |Israel Zangwill
But the fact is—this word vow is a mistranslation: the proper word should have been oath.

Not Paul, But Jesus |Jeremy Bentham