Definition of translate
translated;
translating
transitive verb
1 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
b
:to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death
c
:to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another
3
:enrapture
4
:to subject to mathematical translation
5
:to subject (genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis
intransitive verb
1
: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 translation
