translate

/trænzˈleɪt/ verb [I, T]

Translation

LANGUAGE › to change written or spoken words from one language to another

çevirmek, tercüme etmek

We were asked to translate a list of sentences. The book has now been translated from Spanish into more than ten languages.2150

CAUSE formal › If an idea or plan translates into an action, it makes it happen.

dönüşmek, dönüştürmek

So how does this theory translate into practical policy?1752

(Definition of translate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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