translate

verb
trans·late
/tɹɑːnzˈleɪt/

To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.

Other meanings

To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.
To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

Synonyms

interpret

Related words

scanlate
translatee
Translategate
translatology
translatome
translatomics
back-translate
Google Translate
mistranslate
translatese
retranslate
translatable

Example sentences

“I don't know how this word translates.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I'm just here to write and translate sentences.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Like many of the things I translate, this is not my opinion.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "trānslātus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “translate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.