The kind of translation which aims to re-produce as literally and meaningfully as possible the form and content of the original (as a study aid, for example). Alternatively, at the level of the individual word or phrase, a gloss is an addition of information, necessary for the understanding of the source text term, but which does not interrupt the flow of the target text (e.g. In translation, the term 10 Downing Street might be rendered with a gloss as 10 Downing Street, the Office of the British Prime Minister).