translate
/trænzˈleɪt/ verb [I, T]Definition
LANGUAGE › to change written or spoken words from one language to another: We were asked to translate a list of sentences. The book has now been translated from Spanish into more than ten languages.
CAUSE formal › If an idea or plan translates into an action, it makes it happen: So how does this theory translate into practical policy?
(Definition of translate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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