translate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English translaten from Classical Latin translatus, past participle of transferre, from trans- “across” + ferre “to bear”. Displaced native Middle English awenden "to change, translate" (from Old English āwendan), Middle English irecchen "to explain, expound, interpret" (from Old English ġereccan), and Old English ġeþēodan "to engage in, translate".

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• IPA: /ˈtɹænzleɪt/
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• Rhymes: -eɪt

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to translate (third-person singular simple present translates, present participle translating, simple past and past participle translated)

1. (transitive) To change text (of a book, document, Web site, movie, anime, video game etc.) from one language to another.

   Hans diligently translated the novel from German into English.

2. (transitive) To change from one form or medium to another.

   The renowned director could translate experience to film with ease.

3. (physics) To subject a body to translation, i.e., to move a body on a linear path with no rotation.
4. (archaic)(transitive) To move or carry from one place or position to another; to transfer.

   The monk translated the holy relics to their new shrine.

5. (Christianity) To remove to heaven without a natural death.

   By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him. Heb. xi. 5.

6. (Christianity) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another.

   Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him from that poor bishopric to a better,...refused. Camden.

7. (obsolete) To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance.

   William was translated by the blow to the head he received, being unable to speak for the next few minutes.

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• translation
• translator

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• Alphagram: aaelnrstt
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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.lat/

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translate

1. first-person singular present indicative of translater.
2. third-person singular present indicative of translater.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of translater.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of translater.
5. second-person singular imperative of translater.