translate

verb

1. restate (words) from one language into another language

   verb.communication

   Examples

   I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.

   He translates for the U.N.

   Synonyms interpret render

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. change from one form or medium into another

   verb.change

   Examples

   Braque translated collage into oil.

   Synonyms transform

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. make sense of a language

   verb.cognition

   Synonyms interpret read understand

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. bring to a certain spiritual state

   verb.contact

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation

   verb.change

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. be equivalent in effect

   verb.stative

   Examples

   The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way

   verb.stative

   Examples

   Poetry often does not translate.

   Tolstoy's novels translate well into English.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. 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.motion

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. express, as in simple and less technical language

   verb.communication

   Examples

   Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?

   Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?

   Source: WordNet 3.0

10. determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

    verb.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

11. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to <i>translate</i> a tree.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

12. To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.

    verb

    Source: webster1913