unreliable narrator

Etymology
Apparently (1921–2005) in The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961): see the quotation.

Noun

 * 1)  A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work (such as a film, novel, play, or song) who provides conflicting, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise questionable information to the audience or reader.

Translations

 * Armenian: անվստահելի պատմիչ
 * Azerbaijani: etibarsız hekayəçi, etibarsız rəvayətçi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不可靠的敘事者
 * Dutch: onbetrouwbare verteller, onbetrouwbare vertelster
 * Finnish: epäluotettava kertoja
 * French: narrateur douteux, narratrice douteuse; narrateur incertain, narratrice incertaine, narrateur non fiable, narratrice non fiable
 * German: unzuverlässiger Erzähler, unzuverlässige Erzählerin
 * Greek: αναξιόπιστος αφηγητής
 * Indonesian: pengisah lancung
 * Italian: narratore inaffidabile, narratrice inaffidabile
 * Japanese: 信頼できない語り手
 * Korean: 믿을 수 없는 화자
 * Macedonian: неси́гурен раска́жувач, неси́гурна раскажу́вачка
 * Polish: nieufny narrator
 * Portuguese: narrador não-confiável, narradora não-confiável
 * Russian: ненадёжный расска́зчик, ненадёжный расска́зчица
 * Spanish: narrador sospechoso, narradora sospechoso
 * Thai: ผู้บรรยายเรื่องผู้ไม่น่าเชื่อถือ
 * Turkish: güvenilmez anlatıcı