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translate
verb [ intransitive and transitive ] to change written or spoken words into another language:
• She has translated a number of his books. • Michael Meyer translated the play from the original Norwegian. • Can you translate this into French?
interpret
verb [ intransitive and transitive ] to change what someone is saying into another language, as they are speaking:
• No one in our tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret. • We'll have to find someone who speaks Chinese to interpret the questions and answers for our guests. • I had to interpret for my boss on the last trip to Japan.
put something into English/French/Japanese etc
British English to translate something into another language, especially a few words or a short piece of writing:
• I've written a message for Fabio. Could you put it into Italian for me? • I had to put a list of Japanese words into English.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb change sth from one language to another ADV. literally ‘Tiramisu’ literally translates as ‘pull-me-up’. | accurately, correctly | freely, loosely, roughly | generally, normally, usually | variously a Greek word variously translated as ‘summit’, ‘top’ and ‘finishing stroke’ VERB + TRANSLATE attempt to, try to | be difficult to This word is difficult to translate. PREP. as The word ‘sensus’ can be translated as ‘feeling’. | for I don't speak Italian?can you translate for me? | from The book has been translated from the Japanese by Livia Yamaguchi. | into an expression that is difficult to translate into English PHRASES widely translated The novel has been widely translated. change into a different form ADV. directly | effectively | easily | automatically Teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into student results. VERB + TRANSLATE attempt to, try to trying to translate the theory into simple concepts | be difficult to PREP. into A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in council tax. PHRASES translate sth into action/practice attempting to translate these ideas into action
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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transpose:
We must translate it into English.
Simple Definitions
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Phrase(s): translate something (from something) ((in)to something)
to decode something from something, such as a language, to another. • Will you please translate this from Russian into English? • I can translate it into Russian from any Romance language.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs