translate

Main Entry:: trans·late
Pronunciation:: \tran(t)s-ˈlāt, tranz-; ˈtran(t)s-ˌlāt, ˈtranz-\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: trans·lat·ed; trans·lat·ing
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French translater, from Latin translatus (past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- + latus, past participle of ferre to carry — more at tolerate, bear
Date:: 14th century

transitive verb1 a: to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance to another : transfer , transform <a country boy translated to the city> <translate ideas into action> b: to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death c: to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another2 a: to turn into one's own or another language b: to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another : transcribe c (1): to express in different terms and especially different words : paraphrase (2): to express in more comprehensible terms : explain , interpret3: enrapture4: to subject to mathematical translation5: to subject (as genetic information) to translation in protein synthesisintransitive verb1: to practice translation or make a translation ; also : to admit of or be adaptable to translation <a word that doesn't translate easily>2: to undergo a translation3: lead , result —usually used with into<believes that tax cuts will translate into economic growth>

— trans·lat·abil·i·ty

\(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌlā-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē, (ˌ)tranz-\ noun

— trans·lat·able

\tran(t)s-ˈlā-tə-bəl, tranz-\ adjective

— trans·la·tor

\-ˈlā-tər\ noun

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