translate in WordNet English dictionary

1. make sense of a language
   "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
   understand  read  interpret  translate 
   
2. restate (words) from one language into another language
   "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
   translate  interpret  render 
   
3. change from one form or medium into another
   "Braque translated collage into oil"
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4. change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
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5. determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
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6. express, as in simple and less technical language
   "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"
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7. bring to a certain spiritual state
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8. subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
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9. be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
   "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
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10. be equivalent in effect
    "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
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