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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•late /trænsˈleɪt, trænz-, ˈtrænsleɪt, ˈtrænz-/USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to make a translation: [~ + object]to translate his speeches into Arabic.[no object]so busy trying to translate that I wasn't even thinking of the speech itself.
- to change the form, condition, or nature of;
transform:[~ + object]to translate thought into action. - [~ + object] to explain in terms that can be more easily understood;
interpret. - to be able to be translated:[no object]This word simply doesn't translate well into English.
trans•la•tor, n. [countable]See -lat1-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•late (trans lāt′, tranz-, trans′lāt, tranz′-),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t. - to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:to translate Spanish.
- to change the form, condition, nature, etc., of;
transform;
convert:to translate wishes into deeds. - to explain in terms that can be more easily understood;
interpret. - to bear, carry, or move from one place, position, etc., to another;
transfer. - [Mech.]to cause (a body) to move without rotation or angular displacement;
subject to translation. - Computingto convert (a program, data, code, etc.) from one form to another:to translate a FORTRAN program into assembly language.
- [Telegraphy.]to retransmit or forward (a message), as by a relay.
- [Eccles.]
- to move (a bishop) from one see to another.
- to move (a see) from one place to another.
- to move (relics) from one place to another.
- to convey or remove to heaven without natural death.
- [Math.]to perform a translation on (a set, function, etc.).
- Accountingto express the value of (a currency) in a foreign currency by applying the exchange rate.
- to exalt in spiritual or emotional ecstasy;
enrapture.
v.i. - to provide or make a translation;
act as translator. - to admit of translation:The Greek expression does not translate easily into English.
- Latin trānslātus (past participle of trānsferre to transfer), equivalent. to trāns- trans- + -lātus (suppletive past participle of ferre to bear1), earlier *tlātus, equivalent. to *tlā- bear (akin to thole2) + -tus past participle suffix
- Middle English translaten 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: translate /trænsˈleɪt trænz-/ vb - to express or be capable of being expressed in another language or dialect
- (intransitive) to act as translator
- (transitive) to express or explain in simple or less technical language
- (transitive) to interpret or infer the significance of (gestures, symbols, etc)
- (transitive) to transform or convert: to translate hope into reality
- (transitive) to transfer (a cleric) from one ecclesiastical office to another
- to transfer (a see) from one place to another
- (transitive) to transfer (a person) from one place or plane of existence to another, as from earth to heaven
- to move (a figure or body) laterally, without rotation, dilation, or angular displacement
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin translātus transferred, carried over, from transferre to transfertransˈlatable adj |