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Definition: Translator |
TranslatorNoun1. A person who translates written messages from one language to another. 2. Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages. 3. A program that translates one programming language into another. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "translator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Translator \Trans*lat"or\, noun. [Latin expression translator: compare to the French expression translateur.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | A network or system having a number of inputs and outputs and so connected that signals representing information expressed in a certain code, when applied to the inputs, cause output signals to appear which are a representation of the input information in a different code. Sometimes called matrix. (references) |
Computing | A computer program that translates from one language into another language and in particular from one programming language into another programming language. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A transformer used to separate sections of a circuit. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device in which input signals relating to a wanted subscriber or service, usually the signals relating to the code of the objective exchange, are examined and changed, if necessary, to other signals which may vary in form and/or number and which may contain supplementary information, e. g. call charges, start-sending signals, which are used by the selection controlling elements in the exchange to control the setting up of the call. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Occupations | Translates documents and other material from one language to another: Reads material and rewrites material in specified language or languages, following established rules pertaining to factors, such as word meanings, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. May specialize in particular type of material, such as news, legal documents, or scientific reports and be designated accordingly. May be identified according to language translated. May represent or spell characters of another alphabet and be designated Transliterator (profess. & kin.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TranslatorSynonyms: interpreter (n), transcriber (n), translating program (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | (to translator) No. (Ed's Next Move; writing credit: John Walsh) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Crowned Greek astronomer Ptolemy and his Renaissance translator Regiomontanus, seated beneath an armillary sphere and surrounded by decorated border. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Some sites are even offering a web-based translator that will translate web sites from one language into another, thus offering even more accessibility. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | All documents must be translated into Arabic by a sworn translator. (references) |
Croatia | Also, an authorized court translator must translate the documents into Croatian. (references) | |
Peru | The documents should be in Spanish, and if not, must be translated by an official Peruvian translator. (references) | |
Human Rights | Saudi Arabia | The law does not provide defendants with the right to a translator. (references) |
Thailand | Foreign prisoners sometimes are forced to sign confessions without benefit of a competent translator. (references) | |
Travel | Armenia | Finding an interpreter or translator does not present a problem. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Translator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Translator" is used about 217 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 217 | 20,530 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "translator": automatic data parallelism translator ♦ commercial Translator ♦ electronic translator system ♦ formula translator ♦ Fortran Automatic Symbol Translator ♦ internal Translator ♦ language translator ♦ network Address Translator ♦ personalized Array Translator ♦ simultaneous translator ♦ translator program. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "translator": guide-translator, verse-translator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "translator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | transferues, përkthyes (dragoman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المترجم, الترجمان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | преводач (dragoman, interpreter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 译者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | překladatel (dragoman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skilletransformer (isolating transformer, isolation transformer), oversaetter, oversætterprogram (compiler, compiler program, compiling program, translater, translating program), Oversætter (assembler, assembler program, assembly program, assembly routine, compiler, compiler program, compiling program, interpreter, interpreter program, interpretive program, translater, translating program), omsætter (converter), omregner (isolating transformer, isolation transformer), kodeomsætter (code translator), isolertransformer (isolating transformer, isolation transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | translator (repeat coil, repeater coil, repeating coil, transformer), Vertaler (translater, translating program), vertaalprogramma (compiler, compiler program, compiling program, translater, translating program), scheidingstransformator (isolating transformer, isolation transformer), nummeronderzoeker, normvertaler, kodevertaler (code translator), code-omzetter (code translator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پچواک گر, مترجم (Dragoman, Interpreter), ترجمان (Dragoman), دیلماج (Dragoman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kääntäjä (compiler, compiler program, compiling program, diverter, inverter, translater, translating program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traducteur (translater, translating program). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Übersetzer (interpreter, translators), übersetzer (interpreter, translators). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Mεταφραστής, μετασχηματιστής απομονώσεως (isolating transformer, isolation transformer), μεταβιβαστής (isolating transformer, isolation transformer), μεταφράστησ, μεταφραστής (translater, translating program), αποκωδικοποιητής (code translator, decoder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתר'ם, תור'מן (dragoman, interpreter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fordító, transzformátor (current transformer, transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | traduttore (interpreter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 訳者 , 翻訳者 , 翻訳家 , トランスフォー 断層 (playing cards, transform fault, transformation, translate, translation, transmission, transmitter, transparency, transponder, transport, transportation, transposon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トランスレーター , トランスレータ , ほ"やくしゃ, ほ"やくか, やくしゃ (actor, actress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 통역 (interpretive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glareyder, chyndaader (changer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anslatortray tradutor (translater, translating program). (various references) translator (interpreter), traducãtor (dragoman, interpreter), tãlmaci (dragoman), tãlmãcitor, interpret (exponent, expositor, illustrator, impersonator, interpreter, performer). (various references) переводчик (interpreter). (various references) tumač (interpreter), prevodilac (interpreter). (various references) traductor (dragoman, interpreter). (various references) um-húmushi. (various references) översättare (interpreter). (various references) tercüman (cicerone, dragoman, interpreter), çevirmen (dragoman, interpreter). (various references) terjimeзi. (various references) транслятор, гравірувальник, перекладач (dragoman, interpreter). (various references) cyfieithydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ininterpretabilis, interpres, interpretem, interpretes, interpretis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "translator": translators, translatory. (additional references) | |
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"Translator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: transactor, transcator, translantic, translater, translatory, Translatum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "translator" (pronounced translā"ter or tra"nzlā'ter) |
| 5 | -s l ā" t er | Slater. |
| 4 | -l ā" t er | deflator, inflator, later, Plater. |
| 3 | -ā" t er | cater, crater, creator, curator, debater, dictator, equator, Frater, freighter, gaiter, gator, grater, greater, hater, Pater, Prater, rater, skater, stater, straighter, traitor, Viator, vindicator, waiter. |
| 4 | -l ā' t er | accumulator, calculator, defibrillator, escalator, insulator, legislator, manipulator, modulator, oscillator, percolator, regulator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, ventilator, violator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accelerator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, decorator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, educator, elevator, evaporator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, liquidator, litigator, locator, mediator, Moderator, navigator, negotiator, operator, originator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, renovator, respirator, syndicator, Terminator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-o-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: arnattos. | |
-3 letters: alastor, anattos, arnatto, attorns, rattans, rattons, rostral, saltant, stratal, tantras, tartans, tartars. | |
-4 letters: alants, altars, anatto, antral, aortal, aortas, arrant, aslant, astral, atonal, attars, attorn, lorans, ottars, ratals, ratans, rattan, ratton, rostra, santol, sartor, sonata, statal, stator, strata, talars, talons, tantra, tarnal, tarots, tarsal, tartan, tartar, tatars, tolans, tolars, totals, tronas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-o-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: alternators, translators, translatory. | |
+3 letters: irrationalist, narratologist, retranslation, transportable. | |
+4 letters: congratulators, irrationalists, narratologists, retranslations, ultramarathons. | |
+5 letters: irrationalistic, irrationalities, orchestrational, transcriptional, transhistorical, transliteration, transpirational. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 73 6C 61 74 6F 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -. ... .-.. .- - --- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s l a t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 006C 0061 0074 006F 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54846780857867868184 |
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