translate

(trăns'lāt', trănz'-, trăns-lāt', trănz-)

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.

1. To render in another language.
2. 1. To put into simpler terms; explain or interpret.
   2. To express in different words; paraphrase.
3. 1. To change from one form, function, or state to another; convert or transform: translate ideas into reality.
   2. To express in another medium.
4. To transfer from one place or condition to another.
5. To forward or retransmit (a telegraphic message).
6. 1. Ecclesiastical. To transfer (a bishop) to another see.
   2. To convey to heaven without death.
7. Physics. To subject (a body) to translation.
8. Biology. To subject (messenger RNA) to translation.
9. Archaic. To enrapture.

v.intr.

1. 1. To make a translation.
   2. To work as a translator.
2. To admit of translation.
3. To be changed or transformed in effect. Often used with into or to: "Today's low inflation and steady growth in household income translate into more purchasing power" (Thomas G. Exter).

[Middle English translaten, from Old French translater, from Latin trānslātus, past participle of trānsferre, to transfer : trāns-, trans- + lātus, brought.]

translatability trans·lat'a·bil'i·ty n.
translatable trans·lat'a·ble adj.

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(1) To change one language into another; for example, assemblers, compilers and interpreters translate source language into machine language.

(2) In computer graphics, to move an image on screen without rotating it.

(3) In telecommunications, to change the frequencies of a band of signals.

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1. express in another language; to interpret into a form others can understand.


2. to transform.

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verb

1. To express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense: construe, put, render. See words.
2. To express the meaning of in other, especially simpler, words: paraphrase, render, rephrase, restate, reword. See words.
3. To change into a different form, substance, or state: convert, metamorphose, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate. See change/persist.

v

Definition: change
Antonyms: stagnate

sign description: Both hands have the F-handshapes touching and twisting back and forth.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - oversætte, tyde, tolke, omsætte, forvandle, overføre, forflytte, retransmittere
v. intr. - arbejde som oversætter, kunne oversættes

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertalen, omzetten, interpreteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Ling) traduire, (fig) interpréter, traduire (une théorie), convertir, (Math) translater
v. intr. - (gén) traduire, se traduire, (Comput) traduire

Deutsch (German)
v. - übersetzen, sich übersetzen lassen, auslegen, überführen, versetzen, eine Bewegung übertragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεταφράζω/-ομαι, ερμηνεύω

Italiano (Italian)
tradurre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - traduzir, verter, transferir

Русский (Russian)
переводить (с одного языка на другой)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - traducir, interpretar, cambiar, transformar, reformar, trasladar
v. intr. - traducir, interpretar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - översätta, tolka, överföra, skriva om

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
翻译, 转化, 解释, 能被译出, 表达

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 翻譯, 轉化, 解釋
v. intr. - 翻譯, 能被譯出, 解釋, 表達

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 번역하다, 해석하다, 바꾸다
v. intr. - 번역하다, 이동하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 翻訳する, 翻訳できる, 説明する, 解釈する, 変える, 移す, 中継する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يترجم, ينتقل من مكان ألى اخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תירגם, פירש, הסביר, העביר, העתיק, העלה לשמיים‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד כמתרגם, היתרגם‬

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