translate

translate (something) from (something)

To adapt the meaning of some piece of speech or writing from its original language (into a different language). The phrase "into something" can be used before or after "from something" to specify the different language. I was hired to translate the company's technical documents from Russian into English. You can learn a lot of idioms and slang by translating song lyrics from French. We've been trying to translate these texts into English from Ancient Greek.
See also: translate

translate (something) from (something) into (something)

To adapt the meaning of some piece of speech or writing from its original language into a different language. I was hired to translate the company's technical documents from Russian into English. You can learn a lot of idioms and slang by translating song lyrics from French into your native language. We've been trying to translate these texts from Ancient Greek into English.
See also: translate

translate (something) into (something)

1. To render some piece of speech or writing into a different language. The phrase "from something" can be used before or after "into something" to specify the original language. I was hired to translate the company's technical documents into Russian. You can learn a lot of idioms and slang by translating song lyrics from English into French. We've been trying to translate these texts into English from Ancient Greek.
2. To render or express some piece of speech or writing in different, usually simpler or clearer words. The book tries to translate some of the more complex theory and jargon into more straightforward English, but it loses a lot of the nuance and depth in the process. You'll have to translate these shorthand notes into longhand for me.
3. To render or express some piece of writing, music, film, etc., in a different artistic medium. As good as the graphic novel is, I just don't think it can be translated into a cohesive, meaningful film. He is attempting to translate his most famous play into opera.
4. To render, convert, transform, or express something from one form or state into another. I can come up with really interesting story ideas, but I always have trouble translating them into writing. She was considered one of the brightest up-and-coming athletes, but so far she hasn't been able to translate her potential into meaningful success.
See also: translate

translate (something) into (something) from (something)

To adapt the meaning of some piece of speech or writing from its original language into a different language. I was hired to translate the company's technical documents into English from Russian. You can learn a lot of idioms and slang by translating song lyrics into your native language from French. We've been trying to translate these texts into English from Ancient Greek.
See also: translate

translate (something) to (something)

1. To render some piece of speech or writing into a different language. The phrase "from something" can be used before or after "to something" to specify the original language. I was hired to translate the company's technical documents to Russian. You can learn a lot of idioms and slang by translating song lyrics from English to French. We've been trying to translate these texts to English from Ancient Greek.
2. To render or express some piece of speech or writing in different, usually simpler or clearer words. The book tries to translate some of the more complex theory and jargon to more straightforward English, but it loses a lot of the nuance and depth in the process. You'll have to translate these shorthand notes to longhand for me.
3. To render or express some piece of writing, music, film, etc., in a different artistic medium. As good as the graphic novel is, I just don't think it can be translated to a cohesive, meaningful film. He is attempting to translate his most famous play to opera.
4. To render, convert, transform, or express something from one form or state into another. I can come up with really interesting story ideas, but I always have trouble translating them to writing. She was considered one of the brightest up-and-coming athletes, but so far she hasn't been able to translate her potential to meaningful success.
See also: translate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

translate something (from something) (to something)

 and translate something (from something) (into something)
to decode something from something, such as a language, to another. Will you please translate this from Russian into English? I can translate it into Russian from any Romance language.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • translate (something) from (something)
  • translate (something) from (something) into (something)
  • translate (something) into (something) from (something)
  • from my cold, dead hands
  • eggs is eggs
  • How long is a piece of string?
  • how/what about...?
  • how about
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • adapt (something) to (something)
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We've noted the growing popularity of Google Translate. Some are predicting the end of the translator and interpreter professions.
Lost in translation: As with many new technologies, there are limits as to when Google Translate software can and should be used
I don't mean to say that it is impossible to make an intelligible English translation of the ghazal poetry of someone such as Mir Taqi Mir or Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib; it's just that in the translation we will be limited to selecting one of the various available meanings from which to translate. That is the translator's call: if he has absorbed the poet's vision, he will be able to access the meaning that is most relevant, the key element.
INTERVIEW: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Translate.com's most popular app integrates with customer support software Zendesk[R], accelerating the communication process between support teams and customers who speak foreign languages.
Translate.com Announces Zendesk Among Other Major Integrations, One Year Following Enterprise Launch
Indeed, on the California Libraries Facebook page, Madeleine Ildefonso, community branch manager at the Wilshire Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, writes: "Google Translate has helped me with Spanish, Albanian, Bengali and Mongolian!" She uses the web version on a desktop computer, although she would love to try the mobile version.
Found in translation at the reference desk
Translate operates independent of the Internet, avoiding data charges from telecommunication service providers, he explained.
Google turns smartphones into realtime translators
Google Translate and Yahoo's Babel Fish use different translation engines, so it can sometimes help to use both when trying to better understand what you're trying to translate.
Lost in translation: internet multilingualism can mean confusion
Having lived long in Egypt, at one time teaching translation and English at the University of Cairo, Johnson-Davies came to know and translate many Egyptian authors: Tawfiq al-Hakim, Yahya Hakki, Yusuf Idris, Naguib Mahfouz, and many others, whose writings constitute the bulk of his translations.
Denys Johnson-Davies. Memories in Translation: A Life between the Lines of Arabic Literature
"I cannot muster the 'we' except by finding the way in which I am tied to 'you,' by trying to translate but finding that my own language must break up and yield if I am to know you."
Theopoetic/theopolitic
This volume is comprised of fourteen papers that were presented at a one-day symposium held under the aegis of Harvard University's Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies in May of 1994 in order to investigate "How to translate not only language, but the culture conveyed by that language and expressed through it." Thirteen papers are narrative, reflective, and lend to the reader an eye, so to speak, with which to gain insight into the step-by-step process of critically editing and translating Indological and Buddhist manuscripts and texts from Sanskrit, Vedic, Tibetan, or North Indian vernacular into English, French, German, or Italian.
Translating, Translations, Translators: from India to the West
When translating the taxable income or loss of the Section 987 QBU into the functional currency of its owner, however, the 2006 proposed regulations do not translate the bottom line net taxable income or loss of the Section 987 QBU.
The new proposed section 987 regulations
In 1661, the precocious chemist, explorer and mathematician, Johannes Becher produced a numeric system that was allegedly able to translate from Latin into German and postulated a generic mechanism that could be extended to all vernacular languages.
Sharing CAT memories: numbers as words as songs
What works and what is describable in one context cannot translate to another context," Harding says.
Out of Africa, out in America: with the help of a group called Uhuru-Wazobia, gay men and lesbians from Africa have built new lives in New York City after leaving their native countries
Eliminate regional colloquialisms and other informal vocabulary that may not translate well.
Creating translation-ready marketing documents: follow these tips to ensure that the content and layout of your materials carry your message around the world
Besides communicating with hotels in their own language, you might also find it helpful to be able to translate websites containing information about the area you are planning to visit.
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In numeracy, why does deunaw (two nines) translate correctly to 18, whereas deuddeg (two tens) and pumddeg (five tens) translate incorrectly to 12 and 15 respectively?
Complicated language