translate
US: /tɹænˈsɫeɪt/, /tɹænzˈɫeɪt/
UK: /tɹænslˈeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
translate /træns'leit/- ngoại động từ
- dịch, phiên dịch
- to translate an English book into Vietnamese: dịch một quyển sách tiếng Anh sang tiếng Việt
- chuyển sang, biến thành
- to translate emotion into action: biến tình cảm thành hành động
- to translate dream into reality: biến ước mơ thành hiện thực
- to translate opetry into music: chuyển thơ thành nhạc, phổ nhạc thành thơ
- to translate Lenin's teachings into reality: thực hiện lời dạy của Lê-nin
- giải thích, coi là
- kindly translate: xin ông vui lòng giải thích rõ cho ý ông muốn nói
- do not translate my hesitation as ill-will: xin anh đừng coi sự do dự của tôi là thiếu thiện chí
- thuyên chuyển (một vị giám mục) sang địa phận khác
- truyền lại, truyền đạt lại (bức điện)
- (toán học); (kỹ thuật) cho tịnh tiến
- dịch, phiên dịch
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb1 ~ (sth) (from sth) (into sth)
~ sth (as sth) to express the meaning of speech or writing in a different language: [VN] He translated the letter into English. + Her books have been translated into 24 languages. + 'Suisse' had been wrongly translated as 'Sweden'. + Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English? + [V] I don't speak Greek so Dina offered to translate for me. + My work involves translating from German.
2 [V] ~ (as sth) to be changed from one language to another: Most poetry does not translate well. + The Welsh name translates as 'Land's End'.
3 ~ (sth) (into sth) to change sth, or to be changed, into a different form: [VN] It's time to translate words into action. + [V] I hope all the hard work will translate into profits. + Most attempts to translate Shakespeare to the small screen (= television) are not successful.
4 ~ (sth) (as sth) to understand sth in a particular way or give sth a particular meaning: [VN] the various words and gestures that we translate as love [also V]
Collocation
1 change sth from one language to another
ADV.
literally
‘Tiramisu’ literally translates as ‘pull-me-up’.
| accurately, correctly | freely, loosely, roughly | generally, normally, usually | variously
a Greek word variously translated as ‘summit’, ‘top’ and ‘finishing stroke’
VERB + TRANSLATE
attempt to, try to | be difficult to
This word is difficult to translate.
PREP.
as
The word ‘sensus’ can be translated as ‘feeling’.
| for
I don't speak Italian?can you translate for me?
| from
The book has been translated from the Japanese by Livia Yamaguchi.
| into
an expression that is difficult to translate into English
PHRASES
widely translated
The novel has been widely translated.
2 change into a different form
ADV.
directly | effectively | easily | automatically
Teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into student results.
VERB + TRANSLATE
attempt to, try to
trying to translate the theory into simple concepts
| be difficult to
PREP.
into
A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in council tax.
PHRASES
translate sth into action/practice
attempting to translate these ideas into action
Concise dictionary
translates|translated|translatingtræns'leɪtverb
+restate (words) from one language into another language
+change from one form or medium into another
+make sense of a language
+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
