#1 translate v. [interpret, render] restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.. wn
#2 translate v. [transform] change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil". wn
#3 translate v. [understand, read, interpret] make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?". wn
#4 translate v. bring to a certain spiritual state. wn
#5 translate v. change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation. wn
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