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TRANSLATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A program that translates one programming language into another
Synonyms:
translating program; translator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("translator" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
Synonyms:
interpreter; translator
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("translator" is a kind of...):
go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "translator"):
dragoman (an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government))
symboliser; symbolist; symbolizer (someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols)
Instance hyponyms:
Edward Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald (English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883))
Benjamin Jowett; Jowett (English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893))
Tindal; Tindale; Tyndale; William Tindal; William Tindale; William Tyndale (English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536))
Bishop Ulfila; Bishop Ulfilas; Bishop Wulfila; Ulfila; Ulfilas; Wulfila (a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382))
Derivation:
translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who translates written messages from one language to another
Synonyms:
transcriber; translator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("translator" is a kind of...):
linguist; polyglot (a person who speaks more than one language)
Derivation:
translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)
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