Translator — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who translates written messages from one language to another

someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹænslˈeɪɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹanslˈeɪtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹanslˈeɪtə/

3 syllables Say it as /tɹænslˈeɪɾɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

transcriber translating program interpreter

Word Forms

translate	verb	restate (words) from one language into another language
interpret	verb	restate (words) from one language into another language

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Übersetzer

eine Person, die geschriebene Nachrichten von einer Sprache in eine andere übersetzt

🇫🇷French

traducteur

une personne qui traduit des messages écrits d'une langue à une autre

🇪🇸Spanish

traductor

una persona que traduce mensajes escritos de un idioma a otro

🇮🇹Italian

traduttore

una persona che traduce messaggi scritti da una lingua all'altra

🇳🇱Dutch

vertaler

een persoon die geschreven berichten van de ene taal naar de andere vertaalt

🇵🇹Portuguese

tradutor

uma pessoa que traduz mensagens escritas de um idioma para outro

🇷🇺Russian

переводчик

человек, который переводит письменные сообщения с одного языка на другой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनुवादक

वह व्यक्ति जो लिखित संदेशों का एक भाषा से दूसरी भाषा में अनुवाद करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুবাদক

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি লিখিত বার্তা এক ভাষা থেকে অন্য ভাষায় অনুবাদ করেন

🇮🇳Tamil

மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்

எழுதப்பட்ட செய்திகளை ஒரு மொழியிலிருந்து மற்றொரு மொழிக்கு மொழிபெயர்ப்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

అనువాదకుడు

వ్రాతపూర్వక సందేశాలను ఒక భాష నుండి మరొక భాషకు అనువదించే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

अनुवादक

एक व्यक्ती जी लिखित संदेश एका भाषेतून दुसऱ्या भाषेत अनुवादित करते

🇮🇳Gujarati

અનુવાદક

એક વ્યક્તિ જે લેખિત સંદેશાઓને એક ભાષામાંથી બીજી ભાષામાં અનુવાદિત કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನುವಾದಕ

ಲಿಖಿತ ಸಂದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು ಒಂದು ಭಾಷೆಯಿಂದ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ಅನುವಾದಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിവർത്തകൻ

എഴുതിയ സന്ദേശങ്ങൾ ഒരു ഭാഷയിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റൊന്നിലേക്ക് വിവർത്തനം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਲਿਖਤੀ ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਜੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

مترجم

وہ شخص جو تحریری پیغامات کا ایک زبان سے دوسری زبان میں ترجمہ کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

翻译者

将书面信息从一种语言翻译成另一种语言的人

🇯🇵Japanese

翻訳者

書かれたメッセージをある言語から別の言語に翻訳する人

🇰🇷Korean

역자

서면 메시지를 한 언어에서 다른 언어로 번역하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người phiên dịch

một người dịch tin nhắn bằng văn bản từ ngôn ngữ này sang ngôn ngữ khác

🇹🇭Thai

นักแปล

บุคคลที่แปลข้อความที่เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากภาษาหนึ่งเป็นอีกภาษาหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penterjemah

seseorang yang menerjemahkan pesan tertulis dari satu bahasa ke bahasa lain

🇵🇭Filipino

tagasalin

isang taong nagsasalin ng mga nakasulat na mensahe mula sa isang wika patungo sa isa pa

🇲🇾Malay

penterjemah

seseorang yang menterjemah mesej bertulis daripada satu bahasa ke bahasa lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مترجم

الشخص الذي يترجم الرسائل المكتوبة من لغة إلى أخرى

🇮🇷Persian

مترجم

شخصی که پیام های نوشتاری را از زبانی به زبان دیگر ترجمه می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

çevirmen

yazılı mesajları bir dilden diğerine çeviren kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְתוּרגְמָן

אדם שמתרגם מסרים כתובים משפה אחת לאחרת

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