[ trans'leɪt , trα:ns- , -nz- ]
■ verb
1》 express the sense of (words or text) in another language.
↘be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language.
2》 ( ~ into or ~ something into ) be converted or convert something into (another form or medium).
↘ Biology convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino-acid sequence during protein synthesis.
3》 move from one place or situation to another.
↘ formal move (a bishop or, in Scotland, a minister) to another see or pastoral charge.
4》 Physics & Mathematics cause to undergo translation.
Derivatives
translatability noun
translatable adjective
Origin
ME: from L. translat- , transferre (see transfer ).