translator
Also trans·lat·er . a person who translates.
Television. a relay station that receives programming on one frequency and rebroadcasts it at another frequency for improved local reception.
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If you use automatic language translators—for very specific, domain0specific languages—they struggle.
Sara Menker, CEO of Gro Intelligence, Believes Big Data Can Save Our Climate and Food Supply | Eben Shapiro | February 21, 2021 | TimeAbdi also emphasized the need for professional translators, not just community members trying to translate meetings.
African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of Redistricting | Maya Srikrishnan | February 10, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoExisting apps will have to run using a translator built into MacOS Big Sur called Rosetta 2.
MacBooks get new brains with their first Apple-designed processors | Geoffrey Fowler, Heather Kelly | November 10, 2020 | Washington Post“I fear becoming infected again,” testified Carmen through a translator on Thursday during a state Assembly subcommittee on nursing homes.
Sacramento Report: Enforcement Questions Loom Over Schools, Nursing Homes | Kara Grant and Jared Whitlock | October 30, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoLe was asked to step in and serve as her translator and advocate.
The fulfilling, ethical job millennials and Gen Z want? Senior care | Lila MacLellan | July 26, 2020 | Quartz
Twenty minutes after the interview was over, the translator knocked on my hotel room door.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“If she has not answered the phone, we should not be doing this,” my translator warned.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.
The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist | Creede Newton | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“There was a great shake many times,” he told the Daily Beast through his translator.
My young female translator and her mother had looks of horror on their faces.
U.S. Planes are Blowing the Hell out of ISIS at Kobani, But … | Jamie Dettmer | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a bookseller, but better known as a translator of the German contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine, &c.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBonnell Thornton died; an English poet, essayist and miscellaneous writer, and translator of Plautus.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThis sentence is incomplete; the translator has missed the line—'Et qu'ele a sa vie perdue.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe translator could think of no better word, because the context is jocular.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerMany difficulties confront the translator in the preparation of material of this nature, involving names, dates and titles.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
British Dictionary definitions for translator
/ (trænsˈleɪtə, trænz-) /
a person or machine that translates speech or writing
radio a relay transmitter that retransmits a signal on a carrier frequency different from that on which it was received
computing a computer program that converts a program from one language to another
Derived forms of translator
- translatorial, adjective
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