translator

B2 Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/ UK /ˈtɹanzleɪtə/ See IPA manual

Freq #8514

Meanings

1

noun
A person whose job is to change written text from one language into another.

She works as a translator for a publishing company.
2

noun
A person who changes spoken words from one language into another as people speak.

The president spoke through a translator at the conference.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person whose job is to... transcriber

2 noun · a person who changes spoken... interpreter

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Word family

Forms translators

Related forms transfer translate translation translatory

Etymology

Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.

*telh₂- (bear) Proto-Indo-European trānslātor Latin translator French translatour Middle English

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# translator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɹanzleɪtə/
**Frequency rank:** 8514

## Meanings
1. A person whose job is to change written text from one language into another.
2. A person who changes spoken words from one language into another as people speak.

## Examples
- She works as a translator for a publishing company.
- The president spoke through a translator at the conference.

## Synonyms
- dubash
- interpreter

## Related Forms
- transfer
- translate
- translation
- translatory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *telh₂- (bear)
- Root: trānslātor
- Root: translator
- Root: translatour

## Etymology
Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.

## AI Etymology
Translator directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or. In present-day use, it can mean a person whose job is to change written text from one language into another, or a person who changes spoken words from one language into another as people speak.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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