translator

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/trænsˈleɪtə^r/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trans lā′tər, tranz-, trans′lā tər, tranz′-)

trans•la•tor (trans lā′tər, tranz-, trans′lā tər, tranz′-),USA pronunciation n.

Radio and TelevisionAlso, translater. a person who translates.
Radio and Television[Television.]a relay station that receives programming on one frequency and rebroadcasts it at another frequency for improved local reception.

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translator /trænsˈleɪtə; trænz-/ n

a person or machine that translates speech or writing
a relay transmitter that retransmits a signal on a carrier frequency different from that on which it was received
a computer program that converts a program from one language to another

trans•late /trænsˈleɪt, trænz-, ˈtrænsleɪt, ˈtrænz-/USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

to make a translation: [~ + object]to translate his speeches into Arabic.[no object]so busy trying to translate that I wasn't even thinking of the speech itself.
to change the form, condition, or nature of;
transform:[~ + object]to translate thought into action.
[~ + object] to explain in terms that can be more easily understood;
interpret.
to be able to be translated:[no object]This word simply doesn't translate well into English.

trans•la•tor, n. [countable]See -lat¹-.

trans•late (trans lāt′, tranz-, trans′lāt, tranz′-),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
v.t.

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.
[Mech.]to cause (a body) to move without rotation or angular displacement;
subject to translation.
Computingto 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.
[Eccles.]
- 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.
[Math.]to perform a translation on (a set, function, etc.).
Accountingto express the value of (a currency) in a foreign currency by applying the exchange rate.
to exalt in spiritual or emotional ecstasy;
enrapture.

v.i.

to provide or make a translation;
act as translator.
to admit of translation:The Greek expression does not translate easily into English.

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
Middle English translaten 1250–1300

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

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