translate

  • 21translate — [[t]trænzle͟ɪt[/t]] translates, translating, translated 1) VERB If something that someone has said or written is translated from one language into another, it is said or written again in the second language. [be V ed into/from n] Only a small… …

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  • 22translate — [13] To translate something is etymologically to ‘carry it across’ from one language into another. The word was acquired from trānslātus, the past participle of Latin trānsferre ‘carry across, transfer, translate’ (source of English transfer).… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23translate — [trans leɪt, trα:ns , nz ] verb 1》 express the sense of (words or text) in another language.     ↘be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language. 2》 (translate into or translate something into) be converted or convert something …

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  • 24translate*/ — [trænsˈleɪt] verb 1) [I/T] to change spoken or written words into a different language I don t speak Russian, so someone will have to translate.[/ex] The Bible has been translated into more than 100 languages.[/ex] 2) [I] to cause a particular… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 25translate — [13] To translate something is etymologically to ‘carry it across’ from one language into another. The word was acquired from trānslātus, the past participle of Latin trānsferre ‘carry across, transfer, translate’ (source of English transfer). Cf …

    Word origins

  • 26translate — 1. verb /tɹɑːnz leɪt,ˈtɹæ:nzleɪt/ a) To change text (of a book, document, Web site, movie, anime, video game etc.) from one language to another. Hans diligently translated the novel from German into English …

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  • 27translate — verb 1) the German original had been translated into English Syn: render, put, express, convert, change; transcribe, transliterate 2) be prepared to translate plenty of jargon Syn: render, paraphrase, reword, rephra …

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  • 28translate — trans•late [[t]trænsˈleɪt, trænz , ˈtræns leɪt, ˈtrænz [/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one s own 2) to change the form, condition, or nature of; convert: to translate thought into …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29translate — [c]/trænzˈleɪt / (say tranz layt) verb (translated, translating) –verb (t) 1. to turn (something written or spoken) from one language into another: to translate Arrernte into English. 2. to change into another form; transform or convert. 3. to… …

  • 30translate — v. 1 tr. (also absol.) a (often foll. by into) express the sense of (a word, sentence, speech, book, etc.) in another language. b do this as a profession etc. (translates for the UN). 2 intr. (of a literary work etc.) be translatable, bear… …

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