translate
trans|late /trænzl'eɪt/ (translates translating translated)
1 [VERB] be V-ed into/from n, V n into/from n, be V-ed as n, V, V-ed, also V n, V n as n
If something that someone has said or written is translated from one language into another, it is said or written again in the second language.
Only a small number of Kadare's books have been translated into English...
Martin Luther translated the Bible into German...
The Celtic word `geis' is usually translated as `taboo'...
The girls waited for Mr Esch to translate.
...Mr Mani by Yehoshua, translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.
● translation [N-UNCOUNT]
The papers have been sent to Saudi Arabia for translation.
2 [VERB] V as n
If a name, a word, or an expression translates as something in a different language, that is what it means in that language.
His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.
3 [VERB] V into n, be V-ed into n
If one thing translates or is translated into another, the second happens or is done as a result of the first.
Reforming Warsaw's stagnant economy requires harsh measures that would translate into job losses...
Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.
4 [VERB] V as n, V n as n
If you say that a remark, a gesture, or an action translates as something, or that you translate it as something, you decide that this is what its significance is.
`I love him' often translates as `He's better than nothing'...
I translated this as a mad desire to lock up every single person with HIV.
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see also translation
1 [VERB] be V-ed into/from n, V n into/from n, be V-ed as n, V, V-ed, also V n, V n as n
If something that someone has said or written is translated from one language into another, it is said or written again in the second language.
Only a small number of Kadare's books have been translated into English...
Martin Luther translated the Bible into German...
The Celtic word `geis' is usually translated as `taboo'...
The girls waited for Mr Esch to translate.
...Mr Mani by Yehoshua, translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.
● translation [N-UNCOUNT]
The papers have been sent to Saudi Arabia for translation.
2 [VERB] V as n
If a name, a word, or an expression translates as something in a different language, that is what it means in that language.
His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.
3 [VERB] V into n, be V-ed into n
If one thing translates or is translated into another, the second happens or is done as a result of the first.
Reforming Warsaw's stagnant economy requires harsh measures that would translate into job losses...
Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.
4 [VERB] V as n, V n as n
If you say that a remark, a gesture, or an action translates as something, or that you translate it as something, you decide that this is what its significance is.
`I love him' often translates as `He's better than nothing'...
I translated this as a mad desire to lock up every single person with HIV.
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see also translation