translate

translate
[[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 number of Kadare's books have been translated into English...

[V n into/from n] Martin Luther translated the Bible into German...

[be V-ed as n] The Celtic word `geis' is usually translated as `taboo'...

The girls waited for Mr Esch to translate.

[V-ed] ...Mr Mani by Yehoshua, translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. [Also V n, V n as n]

Derived words:
translation N-UNCOUNT

The papers have been sent to Saudi Arabia for translation.

2) VERB If a name, a word, or expression translates as something in a different language, that is what it means in that language.

[V as n] His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.

3) V-ERG If one thing translates or is translated into another, the second happens or is done as a result of the first.

[V into n] Reforming Warsaw's stagnant economy requires harsh measures that would translate into job losses...

[be V-ed into n] Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.

4) V-ERG If you say that a remark, a gesture, or an action translates as something, or that you translate it as something, you decide that this is what its significance is.

[V as n] `I love him' often translates as `He's better than nothing'...

[V n as n] I translated this as a mad desire to lock up every single person with HIV.

5) See also translation

English dictionary. 2008.

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