translate

1. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.Examples: "Hans translated my novel into Welsh."; "[H]e [Theodore Beza] tranſlateth animam, a Carcaſe: (ſo calling our Sauiour Christes bodie, irreuerently, and wickedly) he tranſlateth infernum, graue."; ""Fool!" said the Tzar [Peter the Great], turning to the monk, "what did I bid you do with the book?" "To translate it, Sire!" "Is this then a translation?" replied the Sovereign, pointing at the same time to a paragraph in the original, where the author had spoken harshly of Russia, and of the character of its inhabitants, but which the good-natured monk had in part omitted, and in part softened down in the most flattering manner to the nation. "Hence!" added the incensed monarch, "and be careful how thou translatest the work faithfully. It is not to flatter my subjects that I bade thee put the book into Russian and print it; but rather to correct them, by placing them under their eye the opinion which foreigners entertain of them, in order that they may at length know what they once were, and what they are now through my exertions.""transitive

2. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.Examples: "Hans translated for us while we were in Marrakesh."; "That idiom doesn’t really translate."; "‘Dog’ translates as ‘chien’ in French."intransitive

3. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.Examples: "These works he [Oliver Goldsmith] produced without any elaborate research, by merely selecting, abridging, and translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls."transitive

4. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.Examples: "The director faithfully translated their experiences to film."; "[H]appy is your Grace / That can tranſlate the ſtubbornneſſe of fortune / Into ſo quiet and ſo ſweet a ſtile."; "Embracing slave spirituals as the foundation of the Negro music he hoped to develop, Cook sought to translate their sonic power and racial character into forms more readily accessible to American audiences of all races in the twentieth century."transitive

5. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.Examples: "If one were to chart the form of most film songs, translated into conventional terms used in Western music, one would likely see a structure that has an introduction and two or three stanzas: […]"transitive

6. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.Examples: "Excellent writing does not necessarily translate well into film."; "His sales experience translated well into his new job as a fund-raiser."; "When perfection is achieved, the thrill of recognition in the audience fulfills local sensibilities, but translates poorly into academic discourse."intransitive