translate Definition

translate
verb translated, translating

1a. To express (a word, speech, written text, etc) in another language, closely preserving the meaning of the original;

Example: translated Umberto Eco's novel into English
Thesaurus: interpret, decode, transliterate, decipher, paraphrase, render, transpose.
intr
1b. To do this, especially as a profession.

Example: translates for the EC
intr
2. Said of a written text, etc: to be able to be expressed in another language, format, etc.

Example: Poetry doesn't always translate well
3. To put or express (eg an idea) in other terms, especially terms that are plainer or simpler than the original.
4. To interpret the significance or meaning of (an action, behaviour, etc).

Example: translated her expression as contempt
tr & intr
5. To convert or be converted into; to show or be shown as.

Example: need to translate their ideas into reality
Example: The price translates as roughly £50
tr & intr
6. To change or move from one state, condition, person, place, etc to another.

Thesaurus: transform, transmute, alter, transpose, change.
7. church.
To transfer (a bishop) from one see to another.
8. To move (the relics of a saint) from one place to another.
9. relig.
To remove someone to heaven, especially without death.

Derivative: translatable
adj

Etymology: 13c: from Latin transferre, translatum to carry across.