English Dictionary

translate

/tɹɑːnzˈleɪt/

verb

(transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.

Can you translate this document for me?

意味（1）

(transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.

Hans translated my novel into Welsh.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.

Hans translated for us while we were in Marrakesh.

意味（3）

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

These works he [Oliver Goldsmith] produced without any elaborate research, by merely selecting, abridging, and translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls.

意味（4）

(transitive) To change (something) from one form or medium to another.

The director faithfully translated their experiences to film.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.

Excellent writing does not necessarily translate well into film.

意味（6）

(transitive, genetics) To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.

All mRNAs are translated on the basis of consecutive groups of three bases, codons, being interpreted by the translational machinery …. Many diverse proteins and RNAs are involved in the translation of mRNA. First is the mRNA itself, which is the template read and translated into a protein product.

意味（7）

Senses relating to a change of position.

意味（8）

(transitive, archaic) To move (something) from one place or position to another; to transfer.

Curſed be he which tranſlateth the bounds and dolles of his Neighbor.

意味（9）

(transitive, obsolete) To entrance (“place in a trance”), to cause to lose recollection or sense.

William was translated by the blow to the head he received, being unable to speak for the next few minutes.