逐ちく語ご

noun

word-for-word; verbatim

Used when following a text word by word, especially in translation contexts. Often appears in compounds like 逐語訳 (word-for-word translation) or 逐語的 (literal, verbatim).

See also: 逐語訳 · 逐語的 (ちくごてき)

• この翻ほん訳やくは逐ちく語ごにすぎて、自し然ぜんな日本にほん語ごになっていない。

  This translation is too word-for-word and doesn't sound like natural Japanese.

• 逐ちく語ご訳やくでは原げん文ぶんのニュアンスが伝つたわらないことがある。

  A word-for-word translation sometimes fails to convey the nuance of the original text.