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Meaning of translator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ

Definitions

  1. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
  2. A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
  3. translating, translator
  4. Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
    proscribed, sometimes
  5. translator (a person who translates something)
  6. to put (something said or written) into another language. He translated the book from French into English. vertaal يُتَرْجِم превеждам traduzir přeložit übersetzen oversætte μεταφράζωtraducir tõlkima ترجمه کردن kääntää traduire לְתַרגֵם अनुवाद करना prevesti (le)fordít menerjemahkan þÿða tradurre 翻訳する 번역하다 versti []tulkot menterjemah vertalenoversettetłumaczyć, przekładać ژباړل traduzir a traduce переводить preložiť prevesti prevesti översätta แปล çevirmek 翻譯(包括口、筆譯) перекладати ترجمہ کرنا dịc...
  7. A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
    figuratively
  8. translator (a language interpreter)
  9. a person who translates. vertaler مُتَرْجِم преводач tradutor překladatel, -ka der/die Übersetzer(in) oversætter; translatør μεταφραστήςtraductor tõlkija مترجم kääntäjä traducteur/-trice מתרגם अनुवादक prevodilac fordító penerjemah þÿðandi traduttore, traduttrice 翻訳家 번역사 vertėjas tulkotājs penterjemah vertaleroversettertłumacz ژباړونکی tradutor tra­ducător переводчик prekladateľ prevajalec prevodilac översättare นักแปล çevirmen 翻譯師,譯者 перекладач مترجم، ترجمہ نگار biên dịch viên 翻译者,译员
  10. A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
    historical
  11. translator (a computer program that translates)
  12. traductor-a; intérprete.
  13. A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
    US
  14. One that translates, especially:a. One employed to render written works into another language.
  15. A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
  16. An interpreter.
  17. Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
    obsolete
  18. a person or machine that translates speech or writing
  19. Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
    historical
  20. (Broadcasting) radio a relay transmitter that retransmits a signal on a carrier frequency different from that on which it was received
    radio
  21. A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
    historical, slang
  22. (Computer Science) computing a computer program that converts a program from one language to another
    computing
  23. Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
    obsolete
  24. n → Übersetzer(in) m(f)
    n
  25. A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
    obsolete
  26. the act of translating. The translation of poetry is difficult. vertaling تَرْجَمَه превеждане tradução překládání die Übersetzung oversættelse μετάφρασηtraducción tõlkimine ترجمه kääntäminen traductionתרגום अनुवाद, भाषान्तर prevođenje (le)fordítás penerjemahan þÿðing traduzione 翻訳 번역 vertimas tulkošana penterjemahan vertalingoversettelseprzekład ژباړه tradução traducere перевод preklad prevajanje prevođenje översättning การแปล çevirme 翻譯 переклад ترجمہ نگاري sự dịch, việc dịch 翻译
  27. The retinaculum of asclepiads.

Equivalents

العربية المترجم
Български преводач
Ελληνικά μεταφραστής
Italiano interprete
Македонски толкувач
Português tradutor tradutora
Română interpret
ትግርኛ ተርጓሚ
Українська переклада́ч

Examples

“"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.”
“Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.”
“... 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.”
“Boots and Shoes are not to be had, I am told, in sufficient quantity for the demand from the slop-shops, the "translators," and the second-hand dealers. Great quantities of second-hand boots and shoes are sent to Ireland to be "translated" there.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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