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- UK [trænsˈleɪt] / US
verb
Word forms "translate":
present tense I/you/we/they translate he/she/it translates present participle translating past tense translated past participle translated1) [intransitive/transitive] to change spoken or written words into another languagetranslate something into something:I don't speak Russian, so someone will have to translate.
The Bible has been translated into more than 100 languages.
a) [intransitive] to be changed into a different language, or to be capable of being understood in a different languagesomething translates as something:Poetry doesn't always translate well.
"Merci" in French translates as "thank you" in English.
b) [transitive] computing to change information in one computer program or language into a form that can be used by a different program or languageThe software can translate files from most other word processing programs.
2) [intransitive] to cause a particular situation or resulttranslate into/to:Recent economic problems are beginning to translate into a demand for reforms.
3) [intransitive/transitive] to change something into a different form, or to express something in a different wayThese earnings, translated into pounds, represent half of our total profits.
an attempt to translate Marxist ideas into practice
4) [intransitive/transitive] if an idea or method translates, or if you translate it to a different situation, it is used in a different situation
English dictionary. 2014.