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translator

translator
n 1: a person who translates written messages from one language
to another [syn: {transcriber}]
2: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
[syn: {interpreter}]
3: a program that translates one programming language into
another [syn: {translating program}]

professional

professional
adj 1: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or
means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman
possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her
professional career after the Olympics"; "professional
theater"; "professional football"; "a professional
cook"; "professional actors and athletes" [ant: {nonprofessional}]
2: of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional
organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
3: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged
in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional
ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" [ant: {unprofessional}]
4: of or relating to a profession; "we need professional
advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment
for his new office"
5: engaged in by members of a profession; "professional
occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
n 1: a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: {professional
person}]
2: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: {pro}] [ant: {amateur}]
3: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: {master}]

language

language
n 1: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or
conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages";
"the language introduced is standard throughout the
text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed
depends on the language in which it is written" [syn: {linguistic
communication}]
2: (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was
garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the
spoken language of the streets" [syn: {speech}, {speech
communication}, {spoken communication}, {spoken language},
{voice communication}, {oral communication}]
3: a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal
terminology"; "the language of sociology" [syn: {terminology},
{nomenclature}]
4: the cognitive processes involved in producing and
understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have
the language to express his feelings" [syn: {linguistic
process}]
5: the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
[syn: {speech}]
6: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his
compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote
both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
[syn: {lyric}, {words}]

job

JOB. By this term is understood among workmen, the whole of a thing which is
to be done. In this sense it is employed in the Civil Code of Louisiana,
art. 2727; "to build by plot, or to work by the job," says that article, "is
to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price." See Durant. du
Contr. de Louage, liv. 8, t. 8, n. 248, 263; Poth. Contr. de Louage, n. 392,
394 and Deviation.

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