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translator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun translator has 3 senses
- translator(n = noun.person) transcriber - a person who translates written messages from one language to another; Array is a kind of linguist, polyglot
- translator(n = noun.person) interpreter - someone who mediates between speakers of different languages; Array is a kind of go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator
- translator(n = noun.communication) translating program - a program that translates one programming language into another; Array is a kind of computer program, computer programme, program, programme
Derived form verb translate1
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Derived form verb translate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
translator, n. [L. translator: cf. F. translateur.].
- One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another. [1913 Webster]
- A repeating instrument. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
translator, n.
1 a person who translates from one language into another.
2 a television relay transmitter.
3 a program that translates from one (esp. programming) language into another.
1 a person who translates from one language into another.
2 a television relay transmitter.
3 a program that translates from one (esp. programming) language into another.
THESAURUS
translator
allegorist, annotator, cicerone, clarifier, commentator, critic, cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist, decoder, definer, demonstrator, demythologizer, diaskeuast, dragoman, editor, emendator, emender, euhemerist, exegesist, exegete, exegetist, explainer, explicator, exponent, expositor, expounder, go-between, guide, hermeneut, interpreter, lexicographer, metaphrast, oneirocritic, paraphrast, scholiast, textual critic
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