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English to English verb
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restate (words) from one language into another language |  | Example: 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 | | Example: Braque translated collage into oil
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make sense of a language | | Example: She understands French
Can you read Greek?
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bring to a certain spiritual state | | source: wordnet30
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change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation | | source: wordnet30
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be equivalent in effect | | Example: the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power
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be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way | | Example: 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 | | source: wordnet30
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express, as in simple and less technical language | | Example: 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 | | source: wordnet30
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To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. | | source: webster1913
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To make a translation; to be engaged in translation. | | source: webster1913
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