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transˈleɪt,
trɑːns-,
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v.
- express the sense of (words or text) in another language.
▸be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language.
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(translate into or translate 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.
- move from one place or situation to another.
▸formal move (a bishop or, in Scotland, a minister) to another see or pastoral charge.
- Physics & Mathematics cause to undergo translation.
Derivative
- translatability n.
- translatable adj.
Etymology
ME: from L. translat-, transferre (see transfer).