In literature, a pseudotranslation is a text written as if it had been translated from a foreign language.
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Notable Example Defining TraitA text written as if translated from a foreign language, letting authors give insight into a setting's culture by presupposing the reader is unfamiliar with it 1 Defining Trait Sources
1. Pseudotranslation (Wikipedia)
History, Don Quixote
Cervantes wrote the 1605 Don Quixote to finish them off because he believed that false history was socially harmful.
History, technique
The technique allows authors to provide more insight into the culture of the work's setting by presupposing that the reader is unfamiliar with the work's cultural setting.
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