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1.VerbSenses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another. To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
"Hans translated my novel into Welsh.; Hans translated for us while we were in Marrakesh.; That idiom doesn’t really translate.; ‘Dog’ translates as ‘chien’ in French.; The director faithfully translated their experiences to film.; Excellent writing does not necessarily translate well into film.; His sales experience translated well into his new job as a fund-raiser."
2.VerbTo change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
"Hans translated my novel into Welsh."
3.VerbTo 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.; That idiom doesn’t really translate.; ‘Dog’ translates as ‘chien’ in French."
4.VerbTo express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.
5.VerbTo change (something) from one form or medium to another.
"The director faithfully translated their experiences to film."
6.VerbTo rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.
7.VerbTo change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.
"Excellent writing does not necessarily translate well into film.; His sales experience translated well into his new job as a fund-raiser."
8.VerbTo generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.
9.VerbSenses relating to a change of position. To move (something) from one place or position to another; to transfer. To transfer the remains of a deceased person (such as a monarch or other important person) from one place to another; to transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another. To transfer a bishop or other cleric from one post to another. Of a holy person or saint: to be assumed into or to rise to Heaven without bodily death; also to die and go to Heaven. In Euclidean geometry: to transform (a geometric figure or space) by moving every point by the same distance in a given direction. To map (the axes in a coordinate system) to parallel axes in another coordinate system some distance away. To cause (a disease or something giving rise to a disease) to move from one body part to another, or between persons. To subject (a body) to linear motion with no rotation. Of a body: to be subjected to linear motion with no rotation.
10.VerbTo move (something) from one place or position to another; to transfer. To transfer the remains of a deceased person (such as a monarch or other important person) from one place to another; to transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another. To transfer a bishop or other cleric from one post to another. Of a holy person or saint: to be assumed into or to rise to Heaven without bodily death; also to die and go to Heaven. In Euclidean geometry: to transform (a geometric figure or space) by moving every point by the same distance in a given direction. To map (the axes in a coordinate system) to parallel axes in another coordinate system some distance away. To cause (a disease or something giving rise to a disease) to move from one body part to another, or between persons. To subject (a body) to linear motion with no rotation. Of a body: to be subjected to linear motion with no rotation.
11.VerbTo transfer the remains of a deceased person (such as a monarch or other important person) from one place to another; to transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another.
12.VerbTo transfer a bishop or other cleric from one post to another.
13.VerbOf a holy person or saint: to be assumed into or to rise to Heaven without bodily death; also to die and go to Heaven.
14.VerbIn Euclidean geometry: to transform (a geometric figure or space) by moving every point by the same distance in a given direction.
15.VerbTo map (the axes in a coordinate system) to parallel axes in another coordinate system some distance away.
16.VerbTo cause (a disease or something giving rise to a disease) to move from one body part to another, or between persons.
17.VerbTo subject (a body) to linear motion with no rotation.
18.VerbOf a body: to be subjected to linear motion with no rotation.
19.VerbTo 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."
20.VerbTo repair (used shoes, boots or other clothing) for resale.
21.NounIn Euclidean spaces: a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.
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