translate
/trænsˈleɪt/, /ˈtræns·leɪt/ v [I/T]Definition
› to change writing or speech from one language into another: [I] Poetry does not translate easily. › If you translate an activity, you change it into a new form or condition: [I] The ability to talk clearly does not automatically translate into the ability to write clearly. translation /trænsˈleɪ·ʃən/ n [C/U] › [C] I do translations at international meetings. translator /trænsˈleɪ·t̬ər/, /ˈtræns·leɪ·t̬ər/ n [C] › He is a translator at the UN.
(Definition of translate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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