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verb (used with object)
1.
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
2.
to change the form, condition, nature, etc., of; transform; convert: to translate wishes into deeds.
3.
to explain in terms that can be more easily understood; interpret.
4.
to bear, carry, or move from one place, position, etc., to another; transfer.
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EXPANDMechanics. to cause (a body) to move without rotation or angular displacement; subject to translation.
6.
Computers. to convert (a program, data, code, etc.) from one form to another: to translate a FORTRAN program into assembly language.
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Telegraphy. to retransmit or forward (a message), as by a relay.
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Ecclesiastical.
a.
to move (a bishop) from one see to another.
b.
to move (a see) from one place to another.
c.
to move (relics) from one place to another.
9.
to convey or remove to heaven without natural death.
10.
Mathematics. to perform a translation on (a set, function, etc.).
11.
to express the value of (a currency) in a foreign currency by applying the exchange rate.
12.
COLLAPSEto exalt in spiritual or emotional ecstasy; enrapture.
verb (used without object)
13.
to provide or make a translation; act as translator.
14.
to admit of translation: The Greek expression does not translate easily into English.
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Translating
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
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.
EXPANDre·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
COLLAPSE
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