translator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˌtɹænzˈleɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪtʰɚ]
ipa: [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˌtɹænsˈleɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈtɹanzleɪtə/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːnzleɪtə/
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: translators
form: tr.
form: trans.
form: transl.
form: translater
form: translatour
form: translatoure
form: traunslatour
form: translacttor
form: translature
form: translatar
form: translatare
Etymology: 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.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
examples: text: "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.
ref: 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 95:
glosses: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
qualifier: inexact
synonyms: word: interpreter
extra: a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech
examples: text: Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.
ref: 1855 June, Gentleman's Magazine, number 657, page 1:
glosses: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
glosses: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
examples: text: ... 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.
ref: 2019, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe, page 100:
glosses: Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
synonyms: word: carrier
extra: a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, page 33:
glosses: Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
synonyms: word: repairer
word: particularly of leather or cloth goods
glosses: A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
glosses: Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
synonyms: word: repeater
extra: a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line
glosses: A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The retinaculum of asclepiads.
Synonyms: word: dubash
english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: interpreter
Hyponyms: machine translator
Derived terms: machine translator
Related terms: transfer
translate
translation
translatory