TRANSLATOR

translator, translating program

(noun) a program that translates one programming language into another

interpreter, translator

(noun) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

translator, transcriber

(noun) a person who translates written messages from one language to another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

translator (plural translators)

A person who translates text, film, or other material into a different natural language.

(by extension) One that makes a new version of a source material in a different language or format.

(proscribed) A language interpreter.

A computer program that translates something from one language to another using machine translation.

Synonym: machine translator

Source: Wiktionary


Trans*lat"or, n. Etym: [L. translator: cf. F. translateur.]

1. 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.

2. (Teleg.)

Definition: A repeating instrument. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ECONOMIC

(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”


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