Pseudotranslation

Imagine you are playing a game of pretend cooking. Your friend asks you to make a cake. But instead of just making a regular cake, your friend gives you a special recipe where you have to use a different language for each ingredient.

Pseudotranslation is like that game of pretend cooking, but with words. If you want to make sure that a website or app works well in different languages, you can use a special tool to pretend-translate the text into another language. This can help you see if there are any problems with the layout or formatting of the text, or if there are any words that might not translate well.

But the pretend translation isn't really accurate - it's just used to test how the website or app will work in different languages. It's like when you pretend to cook a cake with different languages - the cake might not actually taste good, but it helps you practice pretending to use different languages.

So, basically, pseudotranslation is a pretend translation that helps people make sure a website or app will work well in different languages.