translator

CEFRB1

/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or tool that changes words into another language.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly

Examples

  • Because I want to be a translator.

  • I am studying to be a translator or interpreter.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪɾɚ]
  • /ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person or thing that translates various forms of text.

  2. A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.

  3. Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.

More examples

In context

  • Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.

  • "You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked. Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English.

  • ... the translator of the life and miracles of the saints, like the translator of the relics, need not have been "literate"; nor did he have to be a clerk.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.