Translator
noun
A person who changes words from one language into another language.
I work as a translator for a language services company
Often appears as...
- professional translator
- freelance translator
noun
A device that changes signals or data into a different form, such as by converting analog into digital.
The translator converts the binary code into a form that the computer can understand
Often appears as...
- code translator
- signal translator
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who changes words from one language into another language.
I work as a translator for a language services company
Often appears as...
- professional translator
- freelance translator
noun
A device that changes signals or data into a different form, such as by converting analog into digital.
The translator converts the binary code into a form that the computer can understand
Often appears as...
- code translator
- signal translator
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Nuance
Translators must understand cultural differences to ensure accurate translation, not just language.
The translator explained the idiom's meaning as it has no direct translation.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Interchangeable
'Translator' and 'interpreter' differ; translators work with written text, interpreters with spoken language.
She hired a translator for her book, not an interpreter.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Translators often specialize in fields like legal, medical, or technical translation for accuracy.
The legal translator used specialized terminology accurately.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Nuance
Translators must understand cultural differences to ensure accurate translation, not just language.
The translator explained the idiom's meaning as it has no direct translation.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Interchangeable
'Translator' and 'interpreter' differ; translators work with written text, interpreters with spoken language.
She hired a translator for her book, not an interpreter.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Translators often specialize in fields like legal, medical, or technical translation for accuracy.
The legal translator used specialized terminology accurately.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Nuance
Translators must understand cultural differences to ensure accurate translation, not just language.
The translator explained the idiom's meaning as it has no direct translation.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Interchangeable
'Translator' and 'interpreter' differ; translators work with written text, interpreters with spoken language.
She hired a translator for her book, not an interpreter.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Translators often specialize in fields like legal, medical, or technical translation for accuracy.
The legal translator used specialized terminology accurately.
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Untamed River, Part 4:...
halfway point was sort of the last spot that we could take out before it was like a no turning around situation before we delve deeper into the wilderness and the weather was going to be getting more intense than monsoon weather and our Sat phone wasn't working and all the translators that were
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How computers translate...
a portable device that can instantly translate between any languages. So is a universal translator possible in real life? We already have many programs that claim to do just that, taking a word, sentence, or entire book in one language and translating it into almost any other,
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We the People, and the...
You ignore it. This is an impossible problem. You focus on the possible problems, like eradicating polio from the world, or taking an image of every single street across the globe, or building the first real universal translator, or building a fusion factory in your garage.
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A shark-deterrent...
worldwide, and that was around the development of technology to mitigate or reduce the risk of shark attack based on the science of what sharks can see. And I have for you today the story of that journey, but also the notion that science can be as powerful as a translator
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My year reading a book...
writers and translators sent me self-published books and unpublished manuscripts of books that hadn't been picked up by Anglophone publishers or that were no longer available, giving me privileged glimpses of some remarkable imaginary worlds. I read, for example,
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To Climb the World PIPE...
on our team and they were our translators so we went ashore and we met these guys well Alex turned out he had his climbing shoes in his pack and and he said something to me like hey marked you mind if I if I go look around a little bit and I was like yeah sure
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The era of blind faith...
before they decided to show us only things that our friends had posted. I have two more messages, one for the data scientists out there. Data we should not be the arbiters of truth. We should be translators of ethical discussions that happen in larger society.
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Ajit Narayanan: A word...
it's a translator, it converts pictures into speech. Now, this was very effective. There are thousands of children using this, you know, all over the world, and I started thinking about what it does and what it doesn't do. And I realized something
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The dawn of the age of...
Now imagine how our children and their children will experience the continued exploration of space with technology that understands this world. We already live in a world where real-time universal translators exist.
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Combatting the decline...
grandfather was a headmaster and a translator he was a walking encyclopedia of my culture and he taught me a lot he laid the foundations for the walk that I
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Untamed River, Part 4:...
halfway point was sort of the last spot that we could take out before it was like a no turning around situation before we delve deeper into the wilderness and the weather was going to be getting more intense than monsoon weather and our Sat phone wasn't working and all the translators that were
Video examples
How computers translate...
a portable device that can instantly translate between any languages. So is a universal translator possible in real life? We already have many programs that claim to do just that, taking a word, sentence, or entire book in one language and translating it into almost any other,
Video examples
We the People, and the...
You ignore it. This is an impossible problem. You focus on the possible problems, like eradicating polio from the world, or taking an image of every single street across the globe, or building the first real universal translator, or building a fusion factory in your garage.
Video examples
A shark-deterrent...
worldwide, and that was around the development of technology to mitigate or reduce the risk of shark attack based on the science of what sharks can see. And I have for you today the story of that journey, but also the notion that science can be as powerful as a translator
Video examples
My year reading a book...
writers and translators sent me self-published books and unpublished manuscripts of books that hadn't been picked up by Anglophone publishers or that were no longer available, giving me privileged glimpses of some remarkable imaginary worlds. I read, for example,
Video examples
To Climb the World PIPE...
on our team and they were our translators so we went ashore and we met these guys well Alex turned out he had his climbing shoes in his pack and and he said something to me like hey marked you mind if I if I go look around a little bit and I was like yeah sure
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The era of blind faith...
before they decided to show us only things that our friends had posted. I have two more messages, one for the data scientists out there. Data we should not be the arbiters of truth. We should be translators of ethical discussions that happen in larger society.
Video examples
Ajit Narayanan: A word...
it's a translator, it converts pictures into speech. Now, this was very effective. There are thousands of children using this, you know, all over the world, and I started thinking about what it does and what it doesn't do. And I realized something
Video examples
The dawn of the age of...
Now imagine how our children and their children will experience the continued exploration of space with technology that understands this world. We already live in a world where real-time universal translators exist.
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Combatting the decline...
grandfather was a headmaster and a translator he was a walking encyclopedia of my culture and he taught me a lot he laid the foundations for the walk that I
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David M. Brown
American Astronaut
As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty good translator having one foot in the medical world and one foot in the flying world. Sometimes when the medical guys come in and speak medical stuff to the pilots, the pilots really don't know what they're saying.
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Michael Cunningham
American Writer
I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself.
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Tatiana Maslany
Canadian Actress
My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Scientists in different disciplines don't speak the same language. They publish in different journals. It's like the United Nations: You come together, but no one speaks the same language, so you need some translators.
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian Musician
If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family.
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Claire Fox
British Writer
It has to be said that one of the most impressive aspects of the parliament are the brilliant unsung translators, who ensure that whatever language you speak, you are understood.
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Milana Vayntrub
American Actress
I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or being a translator for my parents. I did that a lot.
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Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.
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Carlos Ruiz
Athlete
Now, every organization has to have a translator for the Hispanics on the teams, and that helps a lot.
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban Novelist
Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.
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David M. Brown
American Astronaut
As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty good translator having one foot in the medical world and one foot in the flying world. Sometimes when the medical guys come in and speak medical stuff to the pilots, the pilots really don't know what they're saying.
Quote examples
Michael Cunningham
American Writer
I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself.
Quote examples
Tatiana Maslany
Canadian Actress
My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Scientists in different disciplines don't speak the same language. They publish in different journals. It's like the United Nations: You come together, but no one speaks the same language, so you need some translators.
Quote examples
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian Musician
If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family.
Quote examples
Claire Fox
British Writer
It has to be said that one of the most impressive aspects of the parliament are the brilliant unsung translators, who ensure that whatever language you speak, you are understood.
Quote examples
Milana Vayntrub
American Actress
I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or being a translator for my parents. I did that a lot.
Quote examples
Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.
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Carlos Ruiz
Athlete
Now, every organization has to have a translator for the Hispanics on the teams, and that helps a lot.
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban Novelist
Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.
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