There is this phrase パパは銀行に出かけていていないよ And the given translation is Your dad
has gone to the bank.

But here I think it is a negation instead. Which is correct?
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Book error: パパは銀行に出かけていていないよ
Grammatically, there are two predicates in this sentence, (銀行に)出かけている and いない.

  * **銀行に出かけている** : "has gone to the bank", "is out at the bank"
  * **いない** : "is not here", "is away"

> パパは銀行に出かけていて、いないよ。  
>  (Added comma for clarity)
>
> (literally) Dad has gone to the bank, and is away.
>
> Dad is not here, (because) he's out at the bank.

パパは銀行に出かけていないよ would be a single-predicate negative sentence, "Dad has not
gone to the bank (i.e., he is at home)".
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