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trans·la·tor  (trnsltr, trnz-, trns-ltr, trnz-)
n.
1. One that translates, especially:
a. One employed to render written works into another language.
b. A computer program or application that renders one language or data format into another.
2. An interpreter.

transla·tori·al (-l-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.

translator [trænsˈleɪtə trænz-]
n
1. a person or machine that translates speech or writing
2. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Radio a relay transmitter that retransmits a signal on a carrier frequency different from that on which it was received
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a computer program that converts a program from one language to another
translatorial  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.translatortranslator - a person who translates written messages from one language to another
polyglot, linguist - a person who speaks more than one language
2.translatortranslator - someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
dragoman - an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
symboliser, symbolizer, symbolist - someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
3.translatortranslator - a program that translates one programming language into another
computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

translator
noun interpreter, transcriber, paraphraser, decipherer, linguist, metaphrast, paraphrast, transliterator The translator has perfectly captured the style of the original.
Translations
translator [trænzˈleɪtəʳ] Ntraductor(a) m/f

translator [trænsˈleɪtər] ntraducteur/trice m/f
Anita's a translator → Anita est traductrice.

translator
nÜbersetzer(in) m(f)

translator [trænzˈleɪtəʳ] ntraduttore/trice
translator [trænzˈleɪtəʳ] ntraduttore/trice

translator مترجم překladatel oversætter Übersetzer μεταφραστής traductor kielenkääntäjä traducteur prevoditelj traduttore 翻訳者 번역사 vertaler oversetter tłumacz tradutor переводчик översättare ผู้แปล tercüman dịch giả 译者


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The translator of this history, when he comes to write this fifth chapter, says that he considers it apocryphal, because in it Sancho Panza speaks in a style unlike that which might have been expected from his limited intelligence, and says things so subtle that he does not think it possible he could have conceived them; however, desirous of doing what his task imposed upon him, he was unwilling to leave it untranslated, and therefore he went on to say:
The following relation is so curious and entertaining, and the dissertations that accompany it so judicious and instructive, that the translator is confident his attempt stands in need of no apology, whatever censures may fall on the performance.
In this case, indeed, the work is not wholly one of self-effacement, for the accomplished translator has prefaced Amiel's Journal by an able and interesting essay of seventy pages on Amiel's life and intellectual position.
 
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