TRANSLATE


Meaning of TRANSLATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tran(t)s-ˈlāt, tranz-; ˈtran(t)s-ˌlāt, ˈtranz- ]

verb

( trans·lat·ed ; trans·lat·ing )

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French translater, from Latin translatus (past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- + latus, past participle of ferre to carry — more at tolerate , bear

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance to another : transfer , transform

a country boy translated to the city

translate ideas into action

b. : to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death

c. : to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another

2.

a. : to turn into one's own or another language

b. : to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another : transcribe

c.

(1) : to express in different terms and especially different words : paraphrase

(2) : to express in more comprehensible terms : explain , interpret

3. : enrapture

4. : to subject to mathematical translation

5. : to subject (as genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis

intransitive verb

1. : to practice translation or make a translation ; also : to admit of or be adaptable to translation

a word that doesn't translate easily

2. : to undergo a translation

3. : lead , result — usually used with into

believes that tax cuts will translate into economic growth

• trans·lat·abil·i·ty (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌlā-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē, (ˌ)tranz- noun

• trans·lat·able tran(t)s-ˈlā-tə-bəl, tranz- adjective

• trans·la·tor -ˈlā-tər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.