translate
verb (used with object)
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own.
were translating
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past progressiveof translate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Myself and Garth, we were translating what was in Julie’s mind, as she was verbally painting a picture for us.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
But by October, policy failures in cities like Philadelphia were translating into surging death counts, and much of the U.S. was jarred into cracking down on public gatherings to stop the flu.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2020
They were translating the New Testament into a local indigenous language on behalf of a nonprofit called Wycliffe Bible Translators, and alongside a team of people from Vanuatu.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 8, 2018
These thinkers were translating the idea of freedom from personal, moral terms to political ones in era of emerging mass politics.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2017
All of Zeitoun’s nieces and nephews were fluent in English, and were translating for the rest of the family.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
