translator

[ trans-ley-ter, tranz-, trans-ley-ter, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈleɪ tər, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪ tər, ˈtrænz- /

Also translater. a person who translates.

Television. a relay station that receives programming on one frequency and rebroadcasts it at another frequency for improved local reception.

Origin of translator

1350–1400; Middle English translatour (< Middle French) < Late Latin translātor (Latin: one who transfers a thing); see translate, -tor

Twenty minutes after the interview was over, the translator knocked on my hotel room door.

The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind |Brin-Jonathan Butler |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“If she has not answered the phone, we should not be doing this,” my translator warned.

The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind |Brin-Jonathan Butler |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.

The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist |Creede Newton |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“There was a great shake many times,” he told the Daily Beast through his translator.

Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster |Justin Jones |November 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

A Ukrainian translator from Kiev said the soldier spoke with a Swedish accent.

Defying NATO, Ignoring Ceasefire, Russian-Backed Troops Keep Rolling |Ted Phillips |September 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The greatest difficulty of the translator arises from his personality.

Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1887 |Various
But in soth to me: French: Mes endroit de moy, 'but for my part'; the English translator has rendered en droit separately.

Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose |Various
The Nawab subsequently drew up the narrative from materials in his possession, and gave it in the original to the translator.

The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe |Ernest Young
The French translator is highly pleased with the prediction of Gama's death, delivered to himself at the feast.

The Lusiad |Lus de Cames
How much dignity and clarity a translator has a right to introduce into his rendering is a matter of opinion.

The Translations of Beowulf |Chauncey Brewster Tinker

translator

/ (trænsˈleɪtə, trænz-) /

a person or machine that translates speech or writing

radio a relay transmitter that retransmits a signal on a carrier frequency different from that on which it was received

computing a computer program that converts a program from one language to another

translatorial, adjective