stiff; awkward
Example Sentences
初学者翻译外语作品时往往容易字字对译，语句显得生硬不自然。
chū xué zhě fān yì wài yǔ zuò pǐn shí wǎng wǎng róng yì zì zì duì yì, yǔ jù xiǎn de shēng yìng bù zì rán.
When beginners translate foreign language works, it is often easy to translate word for word, and the sentences appear stiff and unnatural.
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