translate

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Middle English translaten from Classical Latin translatus, past participle of transferre, from trans- “across” + latus, "borne", "carried", irregular perfect passive participle of verb 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”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

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. (intransitive) To have a translation into another language.
    That idiom doesn't readily translate.
    "Dog" translates as "chien" in French.
  3. (transitive) To change from one form or medium to another.
    The renowned director could translate experience to film with ease.
  4. (intransitive) To change from one form to another.
    An excellent piece of writing will not necessarily translate well into film.
    His sales experience translated well into his new job as a fund-raiser.
  5. (transitive, physics) To subject (a body) to translation, i.e., to move a body on a linear path with no rotation.
  6. (transitive, archaic) To move or carry from one place or position to another; to transfer.
    The monk translated the holy relics to their new shrine.
  7. (transitive, 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.
  8. (transitive, 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.
  9. (transitive, 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.
  10. (transitive, music) To rearrange a song from music genre to another.

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Translations [edit]

to change text from one language to another
to change from one medium to another
in physics
to move or carry from one place to another

Noun [edit]

translate (plural translates)

  1. (analysis) (in Euclidean spaces) A set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.

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French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.lat/

Verb [edit]

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

Latin [edit]

Participle [edit]

trānslāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of trānslātus
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