chuchotage

English

WOTD – 7 February 2016

Etymology

From French chuchotage (“whispering”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʃəʊˈtɑːʒ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʃoʊˈtɑʒ/
• Hyphenation: chu‧cho‧tage

Noun

chuchotage (uncountable)

1. The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.

   Synonyms: whisper interpreting, whispered interpreting, whispered interpretation

   • 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 141:

     Eventually, the words of such Aramaic whisper-translations (called chuchotage in the modern world of international interpreters) were written down, mostly in small fragments, and these targums now provide precious linguistic and historical records for scholars of Judaism.

Translations

interpretation of a speech in a whisper

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳語傳譯／耳语传译 (ěryǔ chuányì), 耳語同傳／耳语同传 (ěryǔ tóngchuán)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: fluistertolken n
• Finnish: kuiskaustulkkaus
• French: chuchotage (fr) m
• Georgian: ჩურჩულით თარგმანი (čurčulit targmani), ჩურჩულით თარგმნა (čurčulit targmna)
• German: Flüsterdolmetschen n
• Hungarian: fülbesúgásos tolmácsolás
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: čuksttulkošana f
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: interpretação sussurrada f, interpretação murmurada f, chuchotage f
• Russian: нашёптывание (ru) n (našóptyvanije)
• Spanish: cuchicheo (es) m
• Swedish: viskningstolkning c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

French

Etymology

From chuchoter +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃy.ʃɔ.taʒ/

Noun

chuchotage m (plural chuchotages)

1. (rare) whispering
2. chuchotage

Further reading

• “chuchotage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chuchotage.

Noun

chuchotage m (invariable)

1. chuchotage