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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Burmese: တစ်သဝေမတိမ်း (tacsa.wema.tim:) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Catalan: a la lletra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Catalan: al peu de la lletra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Cherokee: ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ (ditlilostanv) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Chinese Mandarin: 按字面意思 (àn zìmiàn yìsi) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Chinese Mandarin: 逐字地 (zhúzì de) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Chinese Mandarin: 照規則字面 /照规则字面 (zhào guīzé zìmiàn) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Finnish: kirjaimellisesti — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• French: à la lettre — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• French: au pied de la lettre — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• French: à la virgule près — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Galician: ao pé da letra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• German: bis ins Kleinste — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Greek: κατά γράμμα (katá grámma) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Italian: alla lettera — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Japanese: 細大を漏らさず (saidai o morasazu) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Korean: 글자 그대로 (geulja geudaero) — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Luxembourgish: wuertwiertlech — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Mon: အတိုၚ်လိက်ဂှ် — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Mon: အတိုၚ်အက္ခရ်ဂှ် — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Norwegian: til punkt og prikke — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Polish: dosłownie — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Polish: co do joty — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Portuguese: ao pé da letra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Portuguese: à letra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Portuguese: à risca — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: a la letra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: al pie de la letra — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: a pies juntillas — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: al dedillo — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: a rajatabla — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: a la ley — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: como el agüita — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Spanish: ad pédem lítterae — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Swedish: till punkt och pricka — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Turkish: harfiyen — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written
• Turkish: harfi harfine — idiomatic for “literally”, following the rules as they're written