American English pronunciation
How to pronounce translate
IPA transcription: [tɹænz'leɪt]
Pronunciation variants: [tɹænz'leɪt][tɹæns'leɪt]
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Verb
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make sense of a language
“She understands French”
“Can you read Greek?”
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restate (words) from one language into another language
“I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.”
“Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?”
“She rendered the French poem into English”
“He translates for the U.N.”
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change from one form or medium into another
“Braque translated collage into oil”
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bring to a certain spiritual state
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change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
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be equivalent in effect
“the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power”
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be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
“poetry often does not translate”
“Tolstoy's novels translate well into English”
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subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
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express, as in simple and less technical language
“Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?”
“Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?”
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determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA