HOW TO PRONOUNCE
translator
/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
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What does translator mean?
noun
- A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
- Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
- (figuratively) A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
More meanings (9)
noun
- A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
- A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
- The retinaculum of asclepiads.
- (historical) A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
- (obsolete) Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
- (historical) Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
- (historical, slang) A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
- (obsolete) Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
- (obsolete) A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ//ˌtɹænzˈleɪtɚ//ˌtɹænsˈleɪtɚ/
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The same is true of another quotation from the same work which will be found a few pages farther on.--Translator.
The last word of the latter is an obvious misprint, and is corrected by the Dutch translator into "majoris boni."
More book examples (3)
Here are three lines which, in their matchless simplicity and grandeur, might well excite despair in the breast of any translator.
At the time to which we have come, Montaigne was unknown to the world of letters, except as a translator and editor.
Burton is here at his happiest as a translator, and the beautiful words that he uses comport with the tale and glitter like jewels.