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