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

• interpret, render

• transform

• understand, read, interpret

• "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?"

• Translate vs interpret
• Translate vs render
• Translate vs transform
• Translate vs understand
• Translate vs read