Read vs Translate - What's the Difference?

Read

Translate

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • something that is read
Definition as Noun
Definition as Verb
  • interpret something that is written or printed
  • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  • to hear and understand
  • be a student of a certain subject
  • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • have or contain a certain wording or form
  • obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
  • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • make sense of a language
Definition as Verb
  • bring to a certain spiritual state
  • change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
  • be equivalent in effect
  • be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
  • subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
  • express, as in simple and less technical language
  • determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
  • restate (words) from one language into another language
  • change from one form or medium into another
  • make sense of a language

Examples

  • "the article was a very good read"
  • "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
  • "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
  • "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
  • "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
  • "I read you loud and clear!"
  • "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
  • "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
  • "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
  • "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
  • "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
  • "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"
  • "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."
  • "Braque translated collage into oil"
  • "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Verb