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Translate

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Definitions for Translate

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

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