| 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 |
| translation | noun | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language |
| translator | noun | a person who translates written messages from one language to another |
| interpreter | noun | someone who mediates between speakers of different languages |
| understandable | adjective | capable of being apprehended or understood |