translate
verb (used with object)
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own.
translated
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past participleof translate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof translate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
translateverb (used with object)to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own.
Example Sentences
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It's there that edicts handed down by the reclusive emir are translated into what are known as workarounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Listing is a must,” LimX Dynamics founder Will Zhang told reporters in July, according to remarks translated by CNBC.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Septimus Piesse, a 19th-century chemist, translated sounds into smells, proclaiming an “octave of odors,” the authors explain, “with correspondences between notes and scents providing the basis for harmonious olfactory combinations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Despite Plum’s individual success, the partnership never translated into team success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Thus Digges had not simply translated Copernicus but strengthened his argument at its most vulnerable point.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
