translate
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[edit] Etymology
Derived from Classical Latin translatum, past participle of transferre, from trans- “across” + ferre “to bear”
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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)
- (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.
- (transitive) To change from one form or medium to another.
- The renowned director could translate experience to film with ease.
- (physics) To subject a body to translation, i.e., to move a body on a linear path with no rotation.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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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To change text from one language to another
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To change from one medium to another
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