translate
verb (used with object)
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own.
had translated
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past perfectof translate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Jeff had translated a recent Wall Street Journal opinion column—Matthew Hennessey’s “The Future is Not Chinese”—into Chinese and forwarded it to a WeChat group of his old high-school classmates back in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
She recalled meeting Sondheim in Barcelona, in 1995, at a performance of “Sweeney Todd,” which she had translated into Catalan.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
At the same time, my passion for fixing problems had translated to an excessive focus on boundary setting, delegation of important tasks and clock management.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
Prior to his imprisonment, he had translated and written commentaries on Aristotle’s work, logic, music theory, astronomy, and mathematics that were influential for medieval philosophers.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Jimmy King had translated the “Marine Corps Hymn” into Navajo and we all sang it together.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
