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   /tranzˈlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. express the sense of (words or text) in another language: "the German original has been translated into English" Similar interpretrenderglossputexpressconvertchangeconstruetranscribetransliterate
   • ▪ be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language: "shiatsu literally translates as “finger pressure.”"
   • ▪ convert something or be converted into (another form or medium): "few of Shakespeare's other works have been translated into ballets" Similar renderparaphraserewordrephraserecastconvertdecipherdecodeglossexplainunravelrevealelucidateexpoundclarifyspell outchangeconverttransformalterturnmetamorphosetransmutetransfigurerenderhumorous:transmogrify
   • ▪ convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino acid sequence in a protein or polypeptide during synthesis.
   • 2. move from one place or condition to another: "she had been translated from familiar surroundings to a foreign court" Similar relocatetransfermoveremoveshiftconveytransporttransplant
   • ▪ move (a bishop) to another see or pastoral charge: formal "in 1228 he was translated from Salisbury to Durham"
   • ▪ remove (a saint's relics) to another place. formal
   • ▪ convey (someone, typically still alive) to heaven. literary
   • 3. cause (a body) to move so that all its parts travel in the same direction, without rotation or change of shape.
   • ▪ transform (a geometric figure) in an analogous way.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin translat- ‘carried across’, past participle of transferre (see transfer).

   Derivatives

   • 1. translatability noun
   • 2. translatable adjective

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