literality

/lˌɪɾɚɹˈælᵻɾi/ noun

The condition of being literal

Word Origin Literality comes from Latin littera 'letter' — so it's the quality of sticking to the letter, the exact meaning. Littera gives us literal, literature, letter, and alliteration (repeating letters). The idea is taking words at face value, without metaphor. Interestingly, obliterate comes from ob- 'against' + littera, meaning to erase letters, to blot out.

noun The condition of being literal countable

The translator struggled with the literality of the ancient text, trying to preserve its exact wording.

(名词) 字面性;字面意义;字面解释

译者努力保持古籍的字面性,试图保留其确切的措辞。

(sustantivo) La condición de ser literal; literalidad.

El traductor luchaba con la literalidad del texto antiguo, intentando preservar su redacción exacta.

(nom) littéralité [Caractère de ce qui est littéral, c'est-à-dire qui s'en tient au sens strict et explicite des mots.]

Le traducteur a peiné face à la littéralité du texte ancien, cherchant à en préserver la formulation exacte.

(Substantiv) Wörtlichkeit; Buchstäblichkeit [Der Zustand, in dem etwas wörtlich oder buchstäblich verstanden oder wiedergegeben wird.]

Der Übersetzer hatte Schwierigkeiten mit der **Literality** des antiken Textes und versuchte, dessen exakte Formulierung zu bewahren.

(名詞) 文字通りであること、字義通りに解釈される状態。

翻訳者は古代文献のliterality(字義性)に苦戦しながら、正確な言い回しを保とうとした。

(substantivo) literalidade [A condição de ser literal.]

O tradutor lutou com a literalidade do texto antigo, tentando preservar sua formulação exata.

Word parts: literal + ity

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