Clue: Dotty translation (too literal?) given with the French, ignoring accent (6)
Answer: CRIBLÉ
Explanation: Definition: Dotty
CRIB ("a key or baldly literal translation, used as an aid by students, etc", such as some of us were warned against using when trying to make sense of Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic wars) + LE (French "the", ignoring the accent that is needed in the answer)