translate

[ trans-leyt, tranz-, trans-leyt, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈleɪt, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪt, ˈtrænz- /

verb (used with object), trans·lat·ed, trans·lat·ing.

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.

Mechanics. to cause (a body) to move without rotation or angular displacement; subject to translation.

Computers. to 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.

Ecclesiastical.

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.

Mathematics. to perform a translation on (a set, function, etc.).

to express the value of (a currency) in a foreign currency by applying the exchange rate.

to exalt in spiritual or emotional ecstasy; enrapture.

verb (used without object), trans·lat·ed, trans·lat·ing.

to provide or make a translation; act as translator.

to admit of translation: The Greek expression does not translate easily into English.

Origin of translate

1250–1300; Middle English translaten < 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

OTHER WORDS FROM translate

trans·lat·a·ble, adjective trans·lat·a·bil·i·ty, trans·lat·a·ble·ness, noun half-trans·lat·ed, adjective in·ter·trans·lat·a·ble, adjective

pre·trans·late, verb (used with object), pre·trans·lat·ed, pre·trans·lat·ing. re·trans·late, verb (used with object), re·trans·lat·ed, re·trans·lat·ing. un·trans·lat·a·bil·i·ty, noun un·trans·lat·a·ble, adjective un·trans·lat·ed, adjective well-trans·lat·ed, adjective

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translate

/ (trænsˈleɪt, trænz-) /

verb

to express or be capable of being expressed in another language or dialect he translated Shakespeare into Afrikaans; his books translate well

(intr) to act as translator

(tr) to express or explain in simple or less technical language

(tr) to interpret or infer the significance of (gestures, symbols, etc)

(tr) to transform or convert to translate hope into reality

(tr; usually passive) biochem to transform the molecular structure of (messenger RNA) into a polypeptide chain by means of the information stored in the genetic code See also transcribe (def. 7)

to move or carry from one place or position to another

(tr)

to transfer (a cleric) from one ecclesiastical office to another
to transfer (a see) from one place to another

(tr) RC Church to transfer (the body or the relics of a saint) from one resting place to another

(tr) theol to transfer (a person) from one place or plane of existence to another, as from earth to heaven

maths physics to move (a figure or body) laterally, without rotation, dilation, or angular displacement

(intr) (of an aircraft, missile, etc) to fly or move from one position to another

(tr) archaic to bring to a state of spiritual or emotional ecstasy

Derived forms of translate

translatable, adjective translatability, noun

Word Origin for translate

C13: from Latin translātus transferred, carried over, from transferre to transfer

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translate

[ trăns-lāt′, trănz-, trăns′lāt′, trănz′- ]

v.

To render in another language.

To put into simpler terms; explain or interpret.

To subject mRNA to translation.

Other words from translate

trans•lat′a•bil′i•ty n. trans•lat′a•ble adj.

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