translate

verb

1. 1

   change from one form or medium into another

   Braque translated collage into oil

2. 2

   change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation

3. 3

   make sense of a language

   She understands French

   Can you read Greek?

4. 4

   determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

5. 5

   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?

6. 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?

7. 7

   bring to a certain spiritual state

8. 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

9. 9

   be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way

   poetry often does not translate

   Tolstoy's novels translate well into English

10. 10

    be equivalent in effect

    the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power