English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin trānslātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle trānslātus, from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across, beyond”) + ferō (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation[edit]
translator (plural translators)
- A person who translates text, film, or other material into a different natural language.
- (by extension) One that makes a new version of a source material in a different language or format.
- (proscribed) A language interpreter.
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Translations[edit]
someone who translates
- Afrikaans: vertaler (af)
- Albanian: përkthyes (sq) m, përkthyese (sq) f
- Arabic: مترجم (ar) (mutárjim) m, مترجمة (ar) (mutarjíma) f
- Armenian: թարգմանիչ (hy) (t'argmanič)
- Asturian: traductor
- Azeri: tərcüməçi (az), mütərcim (az)
- Basque: itzultzaile
- Belarusian: перакладчык (be) (pjerakládčyk) m
- Bengali: অনুবাদক (bn) (ônubadôk)
- Breton: troour
- Bulgarian: преводач (bg) (prevodáč) m
- Burmese: ဘာသာပြန် (my) (bà-ðà-pyà̃)
- Catalan: traductor
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 譯者 (cmn), 译者 (cmn) (yìzhě), 譯員 (cmn), 译员 (cmn) (yìyuán), 翻譯 (cmn), 翻译 (cmn) (fānyì), 翻譯員 (cmn), 翻译员 (cmn) (fānyìyuán), 翻譯者 (cmn), 翻译者 (cmn) (fānyìzhě)
- Czech: překladatel (cs) m
- Danish: oversætter (da), tolk (da) (interpreter (da))
- Dutch: vertaler (nl) m, vertaalster (nl) f
- Esperanto: (♂♀, professional) tradukisto (eo), (♂) virtradukisto (eo), (♀) tradukistino (eo), (♂♀) tradukanto (eo), (♂) virtradukanto (eo), (♀) tradukantino (eo)
- Estonian: tõlk (et)
- Faroese: týðari (fo) m, tolkur (fo) m, umsetari (fo) m
- Finnish: kääntäjä (fi)
- French: traducteur (fr) m, traductrice (fr) f
- Galician: tradutor
- Georgian: მთარგმნელი (ka) (mt‘argmneli)
- German: Übersetzer (de) m, Übersetzerin (de) f
- Greek: μεταφραστής (el) (metafrastís) m (metafrastís)
- Hawaiian: mea unuhi
- Hebrew: תרגמן (he) (turgemán) m
- Hindi: अनुवादक (hi) (anuvādak) m
- Hungarian: fordító (hu)
- Icelandic: þýðandi (is) m
- Ido: (♂♀, professional) tradukisto (io), (♂) tradukistulo (io), (♀) tradukistino (io), (♂♀) tradukanto (io), (♂) tradukantulo (io), (♀) tradukantino (io)
- Indonesian: penerjemah (id)
- Irish: aistritheoir (ga) m
- Italian: traduttore (it) m, traduttrice (it) f
- Japanese: 翻訳者 (ja) (ほんやくしゃ, hon'yaku-sha)
- Jèrriais: traducteux m
- Kazakh: аударушы (kk) (awdarwşı), аудармашы (kk) (awdarmaşı)
- Khmer: អ្នកបកប្រែ (km) (neak bɑɑk prae)
- Korean: 번역자 (ko) (beonyeok-ja), 번역가 (ko) (beonyeok-ga)
- Kyrgyz: котормочу (ky) (kotormoçu)
- Lao: ຜູ້ແປ (lo) (pʰȕː pɛ̀ː), ນາຍພາສາ (lo) (náːy pʰáːsǎː)
- Latin: interpres (la) c
- Latvian: tulkotājs (lv) m, tulkotāja (lv) f
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- Lithuanian: vertėjas (lt) m
- Lojban: fanva (jbo)
- Lower Sorbian: pśełožowaŕ
- Macedonian: преведувач (mk) (prevéduvač) m
- Malay: penterjemah (ms)
- Maltese: traduttur (mt) m
- Maori: kaiwhiringa reo (mi)
- Mongolian: орчуулагч (mn) (orčuulagč), хөрвүүлэгч (mn) (hörvüülegč)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: oversetter m
- Nynorsk: omsetjar m
- Occitan: traductor
- Old English: þēodend (ang) m
- Pennsylvania German: Iwwersetzer m
- Persian: ترگمان (fa) (targomân), مترجم (fa) (motarjem)
- Polish: tłumacz (pl) m, tłumaczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: tradutor (pt) m, tradutora (pt) f
- Romanian: traducător (ro) m, interpret m
- Russian: переводчик (ru) (perevódčik) m, переводчица (ru) (perevódčica) f
- Scottish Gaelic: eadar-theangair m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: преводилац (sh) m, преводитељ (sh) m
- Roman: prevodilac (sh) m, prevoditelj (sh) m
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Skolt Sami: ǩiõlljåårǧlõ´tti
- Slovak: prekladateľ (sk) m, prekladateľka (sk) f
- Slovene: prevajalec (sl) m, prevajalka (sl) f
- Somali: turjume
- Sotho: mofetoledi (st)
- Spanish: traductor (es) m, traductora (es) f
- Swahili: mfasiri (nc 1/2), mfumbua (nc 1/2), mtapta (nc 1/2)
- Swedish: översättare (sv) c
- Tajik: тарҷумон (tg) (tarjumon), мутарҷим (tg) (mutarjim)
- Tatar: тәрҗемәче (tt) (tärcemäçe)
- Telugu: అనువాదకుడు (te) (anuvādakudu)
- Thai: ผู้แปล (th) (pôo bplae), นักแปล (th) (nák bplae), ล่าม (th) (lâam)
- Turkish: çevirmen (tr), tercüman (tr)
- Turkmen: terjimeçi (tk)
- Ukrainian: перекладач (uk) (perekladáč) m
- Upper Sorbian: přełožowar
- Urdu: مترجم (ur) (mutarjim) m, ترجمان (ur) (tarjumān) m, انوادک (ur) (anuvādak) m
- Uzbek: tarjimon (uz)
- Vietnamese: thông dịch viên (vi)
- Volapük: (♂♀) tradutan (vo), (♂) hitradutan (vo), (♀) jitradutan (vo)
- Welsh: cyfieithydd (cy)
- West Frisian: oersetter (fy) m
- Yiddish: איבערזעצער (yi) (iberzetser, ibersezer) m, איבערזעצערין (yi) (iberzetserin, ibersezerin)
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Romanian[edit]
translator m (plural translatori)
- translator