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translator
- /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/ US
- /ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ/ US
- /ˌtɹænzˈleɪtɚ/ US
- [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪtʰɚ] US
- [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪɾɚ] US
- /ˌtɹænsˈleɪtɚ/ US
- /ˈtɹanzleɪtə/ UK
- /ˈtɹɑːnzleɪtə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun translators · tr. · trans. · transl. · translater · translatour
- A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
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Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
"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.
Similar: interpreter
- A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium. Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.
- A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
- A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
- A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
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Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
... 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.
Similar: carrier
- Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods. 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.
- A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
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Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
Similar: repeater
- A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
- The retinaculum of asclepiads.
Similar: dubash, interpreter
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: interpreter, translating program, translation, interpretation, converter, performer, nmc, cutter, interpreters, compiler, decoder, renderer, linguist, paraphraser, communicator, glossator
noun
Similar: dubash, interpreter
Translations
Every language
noun someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another
| Español | traductor, traductora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 번역자 beonyeokja, 번역가 beonyeokga |
| 日本語 | 翻訳者 hon'yakusha |
| 中文 | 譯者 /译者 yìzhě, 譯員 /译员 yìyuán, 翻譯 /翻译 fānyì, 翻譯員 /翻译员 fānyìyuán, 翻譯者 /翻译者 fānyìzhě, 翻譯家 /翻译家 fānyìjiā |
| हिन्दी | अनुवादक anuvādak, भाषांतरकार bhāṣāntarkār, अनुवादिका anuvādikā |
| Kiswahili | mfasiri, mfumbua, mtapta |
| Português | tradutor, tradutora |
| Français | traducteur, traductrice |
| Deutsch | Übersetzer, Übersetzerin |
| Italiano | traduttore, traduttrice |
| Ελληνικά | μεταφραστής metafrastís, μεταφράστρια metafrástria, μηχανικός μεταφραστής michanikós metafrastís |
| Română | traducător, traducătoare, translator, translatoare |
| Русский | перево́дчик perevódčik, перево́дчица perevódčica |
| Tiếng Việt | thông dịch viên, dịch gỉa |
| العربية | مُتَرْجِم mutarjim, مُتَرْجِمَة mutarjima, تُرْجُمَان turjumān |
| עברית | מְתַרְגֵּם metargém, מְתַרְגֶּמֶת metargémet |
noun (inexact) interpreter
| Español | traductor, traductora |
|---|---|
| Português | tradutor, tradutora |
| Italiano | interprete |
| Ελληνικά | μεταφραστής metafrastís |
| Română | interpret |
| Русский | перево́дчик perevódčik, перево́дчица perevódčica |
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title = {translator},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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