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Pair holding English translation to be a misrepresentation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perversion

'a misrepresentation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pair holding english translation' is the wordplay.
'pair' becomes 'pr'.
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'translation' becomes 'version' ('version' can be a synonym of 'translation'**).
'pr' placed around 'e' is 'per'.
'per'+'version'='PERVERSION'

'to be' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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