English-Swedish translations for literal

bokstavligDet går över gränserna i bokstavlig mening.This literally oversteps all limits. Europa behöver faktiskt energi, både i bokstavlig och bildlig mening.We need energy for Europe, indeed, both in literal and in metaphorical terms. Vad jag vill ha är däremot ett modernt Europa som har greppet om tekniken och som i bokstavlig bemärkelse leder den globala ligan.I, however, want Europe to be modern, technologically on the ball, quite literally the worldwide Number One.
ordagrannHan använde nästan ordagranna formuleringar.En strikt ordagrann översättning är sällan den bästa i fråga om att återge innebörden i en bibelvers.

Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical
Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties
Consisting of, or expressed by, letters
Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact
A misprint that affects a letter
A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program
A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.

The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed.
A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
a literal equation
Telemarketers are the literal worst.

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