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trans⋅late

  [trans-leyt, tranz-, trans-leyt, tranz-] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
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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.
5. Mechanics. 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.
7. Telegraphy. to retransmit or forward (a message), as by a relay.
8. 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. to 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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME translaten < L trānslātus (ptp. of trānsferre to transfer), equiv. to trāns- trans- + -lātus (suppletive ptp. of ferre to bear 1 ), earlier *tlātus, equiv. to *tlā- bear (akin to thole 2 ) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
trans⋅lat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅lat⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, trans⋅lat⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

translate 
c.1300, "to remove from one place to another," also "to turn from one language to another," from L. translatus "carried over," serving as pp. of transferre "to bring over, carry over" (see transfer), from trans- + latus "borne, carried," from *tlatos, from PIE base *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (see extol). A similar notion is behind the O.E. word it replaced, awendan, from wendan "to turn, direct" (see wend). Translation "work turned from one language to another" is attested from c.1340.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trans·late
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'lAt, tranz-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: trans·lat·ed;trans·lat·ing
: to subject (as genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

translate trans·late (trāns-lāt', trānz-, trāns'lāt', trānz'-)
v. trans·lat·ed, trans·lat·ing, trans·lates

  1. To render in another language.

  2. To put into simpler terms; explain or interpret.

  3. To subject mRNA to translation.

trans·lat'a·bil'i·ty or trans·lat'a·ble·ness n.
trans·lat'a·ble adj.

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