{"id":"translation-errors","title":"Translation error categories","summary":"A framework distinguishing meaning transfer, omissions and additions, terminology, grammar and style to explain the grounds for translation revisions.","concepts":["Meaning transfer: check that source information and relationships are preserved","Target-language expression: grammar, usage and consistency","Over-explicitation: adding information unsupported by the context"],"application":"Reviewers can distinguish differences in preference from errors of meaning and explain proposed corrections.","limitations":"The categories originate in the ATA certification examination. They do not reduce every aesthetic judgment in literary translation to a score.","directions":["Source fidelity: minimize changes to information and form.","Reader communication: choose natural expression within the permitted scope."],"category":"Writing and publishing","kind":"framework","kind_label":"Framework","persona_ids":["translator","editor","translation-reviewer"],"revision":2,"updated_at":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","sources":[{"title":"Explanation of Error Categories","url":"https://www.atanet.org/certification/how-the-exam-is-graded/error-categories/","publisher":"American Translators Association","edition":"Official explanation of error categories","region":"US ATA translation examination context","checked_at":"2026-10-07","reuse":"Independent editorial summary and source link; the original text is not republished."}],"review":{"status":"source-checked-editorial","expert_reviewed":false},"editorial_note":"Editorial English translation of the Korean edition. No professional translation or occupational expert review has been completed. Translation does not change the source jurisdiction.","language":"en","translation":{"status":"current","source_language":"ko","source_version":"kb-528f9c2c57e6a878","translated_at":"2026-10-09","professional_reviewed":false},"trust":"reference-data","version":"kb-5b8f2df3eb25645f","links":{"document":"/en/knowledge/translation-errors","markdown":"/en/knowledge/translation-errors.md","api":"/api/v1/knowledge/translation-errors?lang=en"}}