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{{Wikipedia|calque}}
A '''calque''' is a literal, word-for-word translation that is borrowed from another language. Tokiponists[[Tokiponist]]s generally discourage calques, since their meaning may not be obvious to those unfamiliar with the original phrase. They view various recurring [[phrase]]s and single-word usages as calques from English.
 
==List of common calques==