as in to summarize
to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
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Recent Examples of translate
Unfortunately, Greenfield’s dazzling assessment of greed, consumption and the American dream doesn’t translate on the stage.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
To translate is not simply to transfer meaning but to attend to differences—of culture, time, thought, expression—that evade perfect alignment.
—Ross Benjamin, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
What was the hardest book to translate?
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Over time, pathways in the brain are formed that translate certain associations with libido.
—Rachel Murray, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
To translate is not simply to transfer meaning but to attend to differences—of culture, time, thought, expression—that evade perfect alignment.
—Ross Benjamin, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
What was the hardest book to translate?
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Over time, pathways in the brain are formed that translate certain associations with libido.
—Rachel Murray, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for translate
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This Batul Hassan piece in Jacobin summarizes some of Mamdani’s more popular plans.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Translate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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