Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Translate has 13 different meanings across 1 category:
In Euclidean spaces: a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.
"When proving that the image of a circle under translation is still a circle, I used an arbitrary point on the original curve and showed how translating it by the fixed vector maps directly to the new location."
In plain English: A translation is the version of something written in one language that has been changed into another language so people can read it.
"The official translated the speech into English and French."
Usage: In mathematics, the noun translate refers specifically to shifting every point in a geometric shape by the same distance and direction without rotating or resizing it. Use this term only when describing that precise rigid motion; do not use it for general language interpretation.
make sense of a language
"She understands French"
"Can you read Greek?"
bring to a certain spiritual state
"The monks pray that their meditation will translate them from a life of suffering into a state of perfect peace."
change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
"The surgeon carefully translated the dislocated shoulder back into its proper socket during the emergency procedure."
be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
"poetry often does not translate"
"Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
"The gymnast executed a perfect translate during her floor routine, ensuring that her entire body moved forward at exactly the same speed without any rotation."
express, as in simple and less technical language
"Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"
"Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"
determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
"The cellular machinery translates the genetic code from messenger RNA into the precise amino-acid sequence that forms the new protein."
Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
"The app can translate complex legal jargon into plain English for anyone to understand."
To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
"She works as an interpreter who translates legal documents and subtitles for foreign films into English."
In plain English: To translate means to change something from one language into another so people can understand it.
"She can translate documents from French to English perfectly."
The word "translate" entered Middle English from Anglo-Norman and Latin, originally meaning to transport or carry across. While it once shared a meaning with the Old English word wendan (to turn or change), its specific sense of rendering text from one language into another developed through this lineage of movement.