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translate
v 1: restate (words) from one language into another language; "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." [syn: {interpret},
{render}]
2: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque
translated collage into oil" [syn: {transform}]
3: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
read Greek?" [syn: {understand}, {read}, {interpret}]
4: bring to a certain spiritual state
5: change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without
rotation
6: be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates
into greater purchasing power"
7: be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way;
"poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels
translate well into English"
8: physics: subject to movement in which every part of the body
moves parallel to and the same distance as every other
point on the body
9: express, as in simple and less technical langauge; "Can you
translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?";
"Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"
10: genetics: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein
during its synthesis by using information on the
messenger RNA

english

English
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of England or its
culture; "English history"; "the English landed
aristocracy"; "English literature"
n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic
branch; the official language of Britain and the United
States and most of the Commonwealth countries [syn: {English
language}]
2: the people of England [syn: {English people}, {the English}]
3: the discipline that studies the English language and
literature
4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: {side}]

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