Medieval theologians will talk about this: they'll use the term literal, they'll use the term allegorical, they'll use the term anagogical, and they'll mean by that three different meanings.

中世纪神学家会这么说：，他们用字面这个词，寓言这个词，神秘这个词，他们的意思是三种不同的意思。

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The term "literal translation" has become something of authority since the May Fourth Movement in clear opposition to Lin Qinnan's "distortion in translation".

“直译”这名词，在“五四”以后方成为权威。 这是反抗林琴南氏的“歪译”而起的。

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Nearly half a century later, inventor, soccer nut, and barbecue fanatic Blake Carson has given the term a much more literal meaning.

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