Revision of a Non-Specialised Translation - List of Error Categories for Candidates (English into NEPALI)

Oct 1, 2026

Revision of a non-specialised translation provides a structured list of error categories for candidates translating English into Nepali. It distinguishes translation problems at the word, phrase, clause, and full-sentence levels, and illustrates each category with source-text examples alongside corrected and incorrect Nepali renderings. Covered categories include distortion of meaning, unjustified omission, unjustified addition, inappropriate register, unidiomatic expressions, and grammar or syntax errors.

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Error Categories

Distortion

Unjustified omission

Unjustified addition

Inappropriate register

Unidiomatic expression

Grammar, syntax errors

Revision of a Non-Specialised Translation: List of Error Categories for Candidates (English into NEPALI) The translation includes errors at word, phrase or sentence level across the following categories: | Error Category | Examples of Errors | | --- | --- | | 1. Distortion: An element of meaning in the source text is altered in the target text.
A distortion can occur in an individual word, phrase, clause or entire sentence. | a) Source language text: This week the government announced that all public servants would get a pay rise.
Correct version: यो हप्ता सरकारले घोषणा गर्यो कक सबै सार्वजकिक कर्वचारीहरुको तलब र्ृद्धि हुिेछ।
Incorrect version: सरकारले घोषणा गर्यो कक सबै सार्वजकिक कर्वचारीहरुको यो हप्ता तलब र्ृद्धि हुिेछ।
(Moving the phrase यो हप्ता changes the time reference from the announcement to the pay rise, thereby altering the meaning of the target text. ) . | | | b) Source language text: The witness described the thief as a young man with black hair.
Correct version: साक्षीले चोरलाई कालो कपाल भएको युर्कको रूपर्ा र्णवि गरे ।
Incorrect version: साक्षीले चोरलाई कैलो कपाल भएको युर्कको रूपर्ा र्णवि गरे ।
(Incorrect translation of the adjective, thereby altering the meaning of the target text. ) | | 2. Unjustified omission: An element of meaning in the sourcetext is not transferred into the target text.
An unjustified omission can occur with an individual word, phrase, clause or entire sentence. | Source language text: The largest increases in soil carbon levels are obtained in the first 6–8 years after changes in land management, and after 35 years the rate of change drops to zero.
Correct version: र्ाटोर्ा काबविको स्तरर्ा सबैभन्दा ठूलो र्ृद्धि भूकर् व्यर्स्थापिर्ा पररर्तवि भएको पकहलो ६–८ बषवर्ा पाइन्छ, र ३५ बषव पकछ पररर्तविको दर शून्यर्ा झदवछ ।
Incorrect version: र्ाटोर्ा काबविको स्तरर्ा सबैभन्दा ठूलो र्ृद्धि भूकर् व्यर्स्थापिर्ा पररर्तवि भएको पकहलो ६–८ बषवर्ा पाइन्छ।
(Omission of the underlined clause results in a major loss of meaning in the context of the whole sentence. ) | | 3. Unjustified addition: An element of meaning that does not exist in the source text is added to the target text.
An unjustified addition can occur with an individual word, phrase, clause or entire sentence. | Source language text: would guarantee that people leaving the workforce in their mid-60s enjoyed a financially secure retirement Correct version: ग्यारेन्टी कदिेछ कक र्ध्य-६० को उर्ेरर्ा कार् छोड्िे र्ाकिसहरूले आकथवक रूपर्ा सुरकक्षत किर्ृकि पाएका हुन्छि्
Incorrect version: ग्यारेन्टी कदिेछ कक र्ध्य-६० को उर्ेरर्ा कार् छोड्िे र्ाकिसहरूले आकथवक रूपर्ा सुरकक्षत किर्ृकि पाएका हुन्छि्,उिीहरूको बााँकी जीर्िभरको लाकग, जती लार्ो उिीहरू बााँचे पकि ।
(The underlined words were not found in the original text, nor were they implied, and inserting them has a major impact on the transfer of meaning.) | | --- | --- | | Error Category | Examples of Errors | | --- | --- | | 4. Inappropriate register:
Incorrect variety of language or inappropriate vocabulary for the text type (e.g. inappropriate level of formality or informality) . | a) Source language text: In a recent judgement, the Criminal Court handed down a three-month suspended sentence.
Correct version: भर्वरैको फैसलार्ा फौजदारी अदालतले तीि र्कहिाको किलम्बि सजाय सुिायो ।
Incorrect version: भर्वरैको फैसलार्ा फौजदारी अदालतले तीि र्कहिाको किलम्बि सजाय कबतरण गर्यो ।
(In the legal register, the wording usually used is that a court सुनायाे rather than दियाे .) | | | b) Source language text: [in minutes of board meeting] The Chairman expressed his extreme displeasure.
Correct version: [बोडव बैठकको र्ाइन्युटर्ा] अध्यक्षले कडा असन्तुस्टी व्यक्त गरे ।
Incorrect version: [बोडव बैठकको र्ाइन्युटर्ा] अध्यक्ष सााँद्धिकै कचकिए ।
(The phrase said उ सााँद्धिकै कचकिए, conveys the correct meaning but is too informal in this context. ) | | 5. Unidiomatic expression: An expression sounding unnatural or awkward to a native speaker irrespective of the

FAQs

What translation error categories are included for English-to-Nepali candidates?

The document lists distortion, unjustified omission, unjustified addition, inappropriate register, unidiomatic expression, and grammar/syntax errors.

How does the document define distortion in translation?

Distortion occurs when an element of meaning in the source text is changed in the target text, potentially at word, phrase, clause, or whole-sentence level.

What distinguishes unjustified omission from unjustified addition?

Unjustified omission means meaning from the source is not transferred to the target, while unjustified addition means the target includes meaning that does not exist in the source and is not implied.

Oct 1, 2026

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