English to English verb 1. restate (words) from one language into another language  I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.|Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?|She rendered the French poem into English|He translates for the U.N. source: wordnet30
2. change from one form or medium into another  Braque translated collage into oil source: wordnet30
3. make sense of a language  She understands French|Can you read Greek? source: wordnet30
4. bring to a certain spiritual state  source: wordnet30
5. change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation  source: wordnet30
6. be equivalent in effect  the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power source: wordnet30
7. be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way  poetry often does not translate|Tolstoy's novels translate well into English source: wordnet30
8. subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body  source: wordnet30
9. express, as in simple and less technical language  Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?|Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks? source: wordnet30
10. determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA  source: wordnet30
11. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree.  source: webster1913
12. To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.  source: webster1913
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