translate

[trans-leyt, tranz-, trans-leyt, tranz-] /trænsˈleɪt, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪt, ˈtrænz-/
verb (used with object), translated, translating.
1.
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
to translate Spanish.
2.
to change the form, condition, nature, etc., of; transform; convert:
to translate wishes into deeds.
3.
to explain in terms that can be more easily understood; interpret.
4.
to bear, carry, or move from one place, position, etc., to another; transfer.
5.
Mechanics. to cause (a body) to move without rotation or angular displacement; subject to translation.
6.
Computers. to convert (a program, data, code, etc.) from one form to another:
to translate a FORTRAN program into assembly language.
7.
Telegraphy. to retransmit or forward (a message), as by a relay.
8.
Ecclesiastical.
  1. to move (a bishop) from one see to another.
  2. to move (a see) from one place to another.
  3. to move (relics) from one place to another.
9.
to convey or remove to heaven without natural death.
10.
Mathematics. to perform a translation on (a set, function, etc.).
11.
to express the value of (a currency) in a foreign currency by applying the exchange rate.
12.
to exalt in spiritual or emotional ecstasy; enrapture.
verb (used without object), translated, translating.
13.
to provide or make a translation; act as translator.
14.
to admit of translation:
The Greek expression does not translate easily into English.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English translaten < Latin trānslātus (past participle of trānsferre to transfer), equivalent to trāns- trans- + -lātus (suppletive past participle of ferre to bear1), earlier *tlātus, equivalent to *tlā- bear (akin to thole2) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
translatable, adjective
translatability, translatableness, noun
half-translated, adjective
intertranslatable, adjective
pretranslate, verb (used with object), pretranslated, pretranslating.
retranslate, verb (used with object), retranslated, retranslating.
untranslatability, noun
untranslatable, adjective
untranslated, adjective
well-translated, adjective
Can be confused
translate, transliterate.
Examples from the web for translate
  • But the point isn't to change the facts, the point is to translate them into a language people will understand.
  • Those habits don't necessarily translate to lower health costs, though.
  • Equally troublesome, research findings at the edge of the field don't always translate easily into pedagogical practice.
  • But which poets happen to translate well is unpredictable.
  • They will then translate their mountains into topographic maps.
  • Visual decoder allows researchers to translate brain wave activity into images.
  • Astronomy, with its forever-out-of-reach subject matter, might seem the unlikeliest science to translate for touch.
  • If you use instant messaging, here's how to translate it.
  • There, people wearing headsets translate the speech, which is then transmitted back to the doctor and the patient.
  • Many colleges have struggled to translate their interest in internationalization into action.
British Dictionary definitions for translate

translate

/trænsˈleɪt; trænz-/
verb
1.
to express or be capable of being expressed in another language or dialect: he translated Shakespeare into Afrikaans, his books translate well
2.
(intransitive) to act as translator
3.
(transitive) to express or explain in simple or less technical language
4.
(transitive) to interpret or infer the significance of (gestures, symbols, etc)
5.
(transitive) to transform or convert: to translate hope into reality
6.
(transitive; usually passive) (biochem) to transform the molecular structure of (messenger RNA) into a polypeptide chain by means of the information stored in the genetic code See also transcribe (sense 7)
7.
to move or carry from one place or position to another
8.
(transitive)
  1. to transfer (a cleric) from one ecclesiastical office to another
  2. to transfer (a see) from one place to another
9.
(transitive) (RC Church) to transfer (the body or the relics of a saint) from one resting place to another
10.
(transitive) (theol) to transfer (a person) from one place or plane of existence to another, as from earth to heaven
11.
(maths, physics) to move (a figure or body) laterally, without rotation, dilation, or angular displacement
12.
(intransitive) (of an aircraft, missile, etc) to fly or move from one position to another
13.
(transitive) (archaic) to bring to a state of spiritual or emotional ecstasy
Derived Forms
translatable, adjective
translatability, noun
Word Origin
C13: from Latin translātus transferred, carried over, from transferre to transfer
Word Origin and History for translate
v.

c.1300, "to remove from one place to another," also "to turn from one language to another," from Latin translatus "carried over," serving as past participle of transferre "to bring over, carry over" (see transfer), from trans- (see trans-) + latus "borne, carried," from *tlatos, from PIE root *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (see extol). Related: Translated; translating. A similar notion is behind the Old English word it replaced, awendan, from wendan "to turn, direct" (see wend).

translate in Medicine

translate trans·late (trāns-lāt', trānz-, trāns'lāt', trānz'-)
v. trans·lat·ed, trans·lat·ing, trans·lates

  1. To render in another language.

  2. To put into simpler terms; explain or interpret.

  3. To subject mRNA to translation.

trans·lat'a·bil'i·ty or trans·lat'a·ble·ness n.
trans·lat'a·ble adj.