TRANSLATE

[verb] - to change (words) into a different language, or (figurative) to change (something) into a new form, esp. to turn (a plan) into realityThe instructions had been translated from the Japanese. [T]She works for the EU, translating from English into French and Italian. [I]I don't speak French - is there anyone here who could translate (for me)? [I](figurative) The Tourist Board do not have the money to enable them to translate these grand ideas into reality. [T](figurative) The ways of working that he had learnt at college did not translate well (= were not suitable) to the world of business. [I](figurative) He mumbled something which I translated as (= decided it meant) agreement. [T]Compare interpret (BETWEEN LANGUAGES).