翻ほん訳やく調ちょう

noun

translationese; translatese; translatorese

Refers to a style of writing that sounds unnatural because it closely follows the structure or wording of a foreign language, often used critically.

• この小しょう説せつの日本にほん語ごは翻ほん訳やく調ちょうで読よみにくい。

  The Japanese in this novel is translationese and hard to read.