translator
nomcourant dans les dialogues
- États-Unis//ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ//
- États-Unis//ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ//
- États-Unis/[ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪtʰɚ]/
- États-Unis/[ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪɾɚ]/
A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
"You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked. Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English.
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figuréA person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.
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historiqueA person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
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obsolèteSynonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
... the translator of the life and miracles of the saints, like the translator of the relics, need not have been "literate"; nor did he have to be a clerk.
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historiqueSynonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
Boots and Shoes are not to be had, I am told, in sufficient quantity for the demand from the slop-shops, the "translators," and the second-hand dealers. Great quantities of second-hand boots and shoes are sent to Ireland to be "translated" there.
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historiqueA used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
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obsolèteSynonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
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obsolèteA thing that converts energy from one form to another.
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The retinaculum of asclepiads.
Étymologie
Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.
Formes
- pluriel
- translators
translator · A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
transmission · The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric…transmit · To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.transmitted · That has been transmitted (in a specified manner).