Meaning & Definition of Translate in English
English⟶
Translate
/trænzlet/
verb
1. Restate (words) from one language into another language
- "I have to translate when my in-laws from austria visit the u.s."
- "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"
- "She rendered the french poem into english"
- "He translates for the u.n."
synonym:
- translate,
- interpret,
- render
2. Change from one form or medium into another
- "Braque translated collage into oil"
synonym:
- translate,
- transform
3. Make sense of a language
- "She understands french"
- "Can you read greek?"
synonym:
- understand,
- read,
- interpret,
- translate
4. Bring to a certain spiritual state
synonym:
- translate
5. Change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
synonym:
- translate
6. Be equivalent in effect
- "The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
synonym:
- translate
7. Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
- "Poetry often does not translate"
- "Tolstoy's novels translate well into english"
synonym:
- translate
8. Subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
synonym:
- translate
9. Express, as in simple and less technical language
- "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"
- "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"
synonym:
- translate
10. Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger rna
synonym:
- translate
Examples of using
Read and translate.
By the way, if you translate from Japanese, avoid unowned sentences - there are very many unnatural and just incorrect sentences among them.
Under the Tatoeba guidelines, it is recommended that members only add sentences in their native language and/or translate from a language they can understand into their native language. The reason for this is that it is much easier to form natural-sounding sentences in one's native language. When we write in a language other than our native language, it is very easy to produce sentences that sound strange. Please make sure you only translate the sentence if you are sure you know what it means.