translator

Etymology

From Middle English translatour, from Old French translator, translatour, translateur, from Latin trānslātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle trānslātus, from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across, beyond”) + ferō (“bear, carry”).

noun

  1. A person who converts speech, text, film, or other material into a different language. (Contrasted with interpreter.)
    "You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked. Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English. 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, page 95
  2. (by extension) One that makes a new version of a source material in a different language or format.
  3. A computer program that translates something from one language to another using machine translation.

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