translation tool

Cross-lingual aid device

A translation tool is software or a service that converts text or speech from one language to another.

The term covers everything from pocket phrasebooks to sophisticated machine translation systems: I ran the email through a translation tool before replying.

Professional translators use translation tools to speed their work, though fully automated results often require human editing.

Opposites
language preservation vs. language conversion

translation tooloriginal text

First unedited version

source document

communication facilitation vs. communication obstruction

translation toollanguage barrier

Mutual incomprehension across tongues

cipher · code · jammer

linguistic mediation vs. monolingual resources

translation toolthesaurus

Synonym and antonym compendium

spell checker · grammar checker · style guide · word processor

Family

tool, translation

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G