translator
English
editAlternative forms
edit- tr., trans., transl. (abbreviations)
- translater (now generally proscribed)
- translatour, translatoure, traunslatour, translacttor, translature, translatar, translatare (obsolete)
Etymology
editDirectly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/, /ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ/, /ˌtɹænzˈleɪtɚ/, [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪtʰɚ], [ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪɾɚ], /ˌtɹænsˈleɪtɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹanzleɪtə/, /ˈtɹɑːnzleɪtə/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
edittranslator (plural translators)
- A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
- A person or thing that translates various forms of text. [1382]
- (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech. [1850]
- 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal[1], New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 95:
- "You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked.
Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English.
- (figuratively) A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium. [1855]
- 1855 June, Gentleman's Magazine, number 657, page 1:
- Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.
- (computing, chiefly historical) A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card. [1952]
- (chiefly US) A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference. [1956]
- (computing) A program that converts commands from one computer language into another. [1957]
- (chiefly obsolete) Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics. [1535]
- 2019, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe, page 100:
- ... the translator of the life and miracles of the saints, like the translator of the relics, need not have been "literate"; nor did he have to be a clerk.
- (historical) Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods. [1594]
- 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, page 33:
- Boots and Shoes are not to be had, I am told, in sufficient quantity for the demand from the slop-shops, the "translators," and the second-hand dealers. Great quantities of second-hand boots and shoes are sent to Ireland to be "translated" there.
- (historical, slang) A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing. [1851]
- (obsolete) Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line. [1855]
- (obsolete) A thing that converts energy from one form to another. [1884]
Usage notes
editIn modern professional contexts, a translator specifically deals with text input in contrast to an interpreter who deals with speech or signing input, generally under greater time constraints. Subtitles for videos, games, performances, etc. are generally handled by translators working from transcripts.
Synonyms
edit- dubash (India, chiefly historical); interpreter (inexact)
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References
edit- “translator, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English translator, from Middle English translatour, from Old French translator, translatour, translateur, from Latin trānslātor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittranslator m pers (female equivalent translatorka)
- (literary, translation studies) translator (someone who translates)
- Synonym: tłumacz
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | translator | translatorzy/translatory (deprecative) |
genitive | translatora | translatorów |
dative | translatorowi | translatorom |
accusative | translatora | translatorów |
instrumental | translatorem | translatorami |
locative | translatorze | translatorach |
vocative | translatorze | translatorzy |
Noun
edittranslator m inan
- (computing) translator (computer program that translates something from one language to another using machine translation)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | translator | translatory |
genitive | translatora | translatorów |
dative | translatorowi | translatorom |
accusative | translator | translatory |
instrumental | translatorem | translatorami |
locative | translatorze | translatorach |
vocative | translatorze | translatory |
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editFurther reading
edit- translator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- translator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French translateur, from Latin translator, translatoris.
Noun
edittranslator m (plural translatori, feminine equivalent translatoare)
- translator (someone who translates)
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂- (bear)
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