calque vs personate

calque

verb
  • To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts. 

noun
  • A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language. 

personate

verb
  • To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify. 

  • To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate. 

  • To portray a character (as in a play); to act. 

  • To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. 

adj
  • Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (in a way reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon. 

How often have the words calque and personate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )