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[โ€“] teft@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idiomatic translation is the second type. It's what you end up doing when you learn a second language well enough to stop translating word for word.

[โ€“] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

Ah, cool. :) I knew there was a proper word for it but I didn't know what that word was.