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/trænzlˈeɪt/

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restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
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change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"
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make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
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bring to a certain spiritual state
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change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
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be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
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be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy''s novels translate well into English"
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subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
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express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist''s remarks?"
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determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
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