translate
trans·late / transˈlāt; tranz-/ • v. [tr.] 1. express the sense of (words or text) in another language: the German original has been translated into English. ∎ [intr.] be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language: shiatsu literally translates as “finger pressure.” ∎ (translate something into/translate into) convert or be converted into (another form or medium): [tr.] few of Shakespeare's other works have been translated into ballets. 2. move from one place or condition to another: she had been translated from familiar surroundings to a foreign court. ∎ formal move (a bishop) to another see or pastoral charge. ∎ formal remove (a saint's relics) to another place. ∎ poetic/lit. convey (someone, typically still alive) to heaven. ∎ Biol. convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino-acid sequence in a protein or polypeptide during synthesis.3. Physics cause (a body) to move so that all its parts travel in the same direction, without rotation or change of shape. ∎ Math. transform (a geometric figure) in an analogous way.DERIVATIVES: trans·lat·a·bil·i·ty / ˌtransˌlātəˈbilətē; ˌtranz-/ n.trans·lat·a·ble adj.