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Restate (words) from one language into another language
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verb
Restate (words) from one language into another language
“I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.”
verb
Change from one form or medium into another
“Braque translated collage into oil”
verb
Make sense of a language
“She understands French”
verb
Bring to a certain spiritual state
verb
Change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
verb
Be equivalent in effect
“The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power”
verb
Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
“Poetry often does not translate”
verb
Subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
verb
Express, as in simple and less technical language
“Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?”
verb
Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
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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.
Braque translated collage into oil
She understands French
Can you read Greek?
The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power
Poetry often does not translate
Tolstoy's novels translate well into English
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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