# translate

Pronunciation: US say "tranz-LAYT" /tɹænzˈleɪt/; UK say "trahnz-LAYT" /tɹɑːnzˈleɪt/

## Verb

1. To render spoken words or written text from one language into another.
   - Simple: To change words from one language into another so people can understand them.
   - _The committee asked her to translate the speech into three languages._
   - _Scholars translated the ancient manuscript into modern English over many years._
2. To work at rendering words from one language into another, or to be capable of being rendered in another language.
   - Simple: To turn words into another language, or to be able to be said in another language.
   - _He translates between Spanish and English for the courts._
   - _Some jokes simply do not translate across cultures._
3. To express spoken words or written text in a different, often clearer or simpler, way within the same language.
   - Simple: To say something again in a clearer or simpler way in the same language.
   - _She translated the doctor's technical advice into everyday terms for her grandmother._
   - _Good editors translate dense academic prose into something general readers enjoy._
4. To render something in a different form or medium.
   - Simple: To turn something from one form into a different one.
   - _The designer translated the client's vision into a working prototype._
   - _Great coaches translate raw talent into disciplined performance._
5. To pass, or be able to pass, into another form or medium, as when effort turns into concrete results.
   - Simple: To change, or be able to change, from one form into another.
   - _Talent alone rarely translates into a lasting career._
   - _These savings will translate into lower prices for customers._
6. To assemble amino acids into a chain in the order dictated by the codons of an mRNA molecule.
   - Simple: To build a chain of amino acids by reading the code carried in a molecule of mRNA.
   - _Ribosomes translate messenger RNA into a sequence of amino acids._
   - _Once the gene was transcribed, the cell translated the transcript into protein._
7. To rearrange a song or musical piece from one genre into another.
   - Simple: To rework a song so it fits a different style of music.
   - _The producer translated the orchestral score into an electronic dance track._
   - _Skilled arrangers can translate a pop hit into a jazz standard._

## Noun

8. A set of points formed by adding a fixed vector to every point of another set.
   - Simple: A copy of a set of points, made by sliding them all the same distance in the same direction.
   - _The translate of the region sits ten units to the right of the original._
   - _Two translates of the same disk may overlap or stay completely apart._

## Verb

9. To transform a geometric figure or space by moving every point the same distance in a given direction. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To move a shape so that every point shifts the same distance in the same direction.
   - _To translate the polygon, shift each vertex five units upward._
   - _The program translated the entire figure without rotating or resizing it._
10. To move a coordinate system’s origin to a different point without changing the direction of any axis. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To shift a coordinate system's axes to parallel ones a set distance away.
   - _To translate the axes, move the origin to a new point while keeping each axis parallel._
   - _She translated the coordinate axes to place the focus at the origin._
11. To transfer something to a different place or position. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To move something from one place to another.
   - _The household translated the great oak cabinet from the old hall to the new manor._
   - _Workers were asked to translate the heavy chest from the hall to the vault._
12. To impart purely linear motion to a body, so that it moves without rotating. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To move an object in a straight line without turning it.
   - _The machine translates each panel across the floor without rotating it._
   - _We translate the sample horizontally to test its alignment._
13. Of a body, to undergo linear motion without any rotation. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Of an object, to move in a straight line without turning.
   - _The piston translates along the cylinder without any twist._
   - _Hydraulics translate the heavy frame steadily down the line._
14. To transfer the remains of a deceased monarch or other notable person to another place, or to move a holy relic from one shrine to another. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To move the body of a dead important person, or a holy relic, to a new place.
   - _The bishop translated the martyr's relics to the cathedral's new altar._
   - _Each year the monks translate the founder's remains during the festival._
15. To transfer a bishop or other member of the clergy from one ecclesiastical post to another. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To move a bishop or other church leader from one job to another.
   - _The synod translated the archbishop to the see of York._
   - _Authorities may translate a deacon to a distant parish for administrative reasons._
16. Of a saint or holy person, to be taken up into Heaven without bodily death; also figuratively, to die and pass to Heaven. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To carry a holy person to Heaven alive, or to die and go there.
   - _Scripture tells how God translated Enoch so that he did not see death._
   - _The faithful believed the Almighty would translate the saint directly to glory._
17. To cause a disease, or something producing it, to move from one part of the body to another, or rarely between persons. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make a sickness move from one part of the body to another, or rarely from one person to another.
   - _Physicians of the age claimed a poultice could translate the infection to a less vital region._
   - _The remedy was said to translate the gout from the foot to the hand._
18. To place someone in a trance; to cause a person to lose their senses or recollection. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To put someone into a trance, or make them lose their senses or memory.
19. To repair used shoes, boots, or other clothing so that they can be sold again. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To fix up old shoes, boots, or clothes so they can be sold again.
   - _The back-street cobbler translated tattered boots for resale to laborers._
   - _Dealers would translate secondhand shoes and pass them off as nearly new._

## Origin

From Middle English translaten ('to transport, translate, transform'), via Anglo-Norman translater, from Latin trānslātus, the perfect passive participle of trānsferō ('to transport, carry across, translate'). It is a distant doublet of transfer, and in this sense it displaced Old English wendan ('to translate,' also 'to turn' or 'to change').

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