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According to WordNet, the verb "translate" has 10 sense(s).

200522441 change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation.

202728142 be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English".

200383542 change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil".

202103925 subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body.

202753100 be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power".

200593852 make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?".

200919608 determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA.

200959827 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.".

201436290 bring to a certain spiritual state.

200961947 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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