Translate Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Translate

Meaning 1 : make sense of a language

    Synonyms : interpret,  read,  understand
Meaning 2 : restate (words) from one language into another language

    Example : I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.,He translates for the U.N.

    Synonyms : interpret,  render
Meaning 3 : change from one form or medium into another

    Example : Braque translated collage into oil

    Synonyms : transform
Meaning 4 : be equivalent in effect

    Example : the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power

Meaning 5 : be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way

    Example : poetry often does not translate,Tolstoy's novels translate well into English

Meaning 6 : bring to a certain spiritual state

Meaning 7 : change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation

Meaning 8 : determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

Meaning 9 : 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?

Meaning 10 : subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body