translator
Bilingual text converter
A translator converts text or speech from one language to another.
Unlike an interpreter, who works with spoken language in real time, a translator typically works with written material: The translator spent months on the novel.
The term extends to anyone who explains or mediates between different worlds: She served as translator between the technical team and management.
In computing, a translator converts code from one programming language to another.
One who conveys meaning between languages
- linguistExpert in languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- trilingualSpeaking three languages
fluency · proficiency · localization · subtitling · dubbing · transcription · transliteration · glossary
Fitting to new conditions
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- equivalenceState of being equal
- paraphraseRestatement in new words
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
loanword · cognate · rendering · edition · annotated · footnotes · preface · anthology
Officially declared valid
- accreditedOfficially authorized or recognized
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
- agencyPower to act
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
medical · legal · diplomatic · technical · sworn · notarized · conference · simultaneous
Structure spanning an obstacle
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interculturalBetween different cultures
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
internationalization · diaspora · emigrant · bicultural · code-switching · context · sensitivity · representation
interpreter
One who conveys meaning between languages
trilingual · fluency · proficiency · localization · subtitling · dubbing · transcription · transliteration · glossary · terminology
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- equivalenceState of being equal
- paraphraseRestatement in new words
borrowing · loanword · cognate · rendering · edition · annotated · footnotes · preface · anthology · canon
certified
Officially declared valid
- accreditedOfficially authorized or recognized
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
- agencyPower to act
court · medical · legal · diplomatic · technical · sworn · notarized · conference · simultaneous · consecutive
bridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interculturalBetween different cultures
globalization · internationalization · diaspora · emigrant · bicultural · code-switching · context · sensitivity · representation
software
Programs directing computer operations
AI · automatic · electronic · handheld · real-time · speech-to-text · voice · offline · accuracy · output
- freelancersfreelance writer, freelance designer, graphic designer, web developer, virtual assistant
- government jobscivil servant, civil servants, federal jobs, public servant, government jobs
- helpful toolscalendar, planner, to-do list, reminder app, alarm
- language barrierslanguage barrier, miscommunication, misunderstanding, untranslatable, confusion
- online jobsfreelancer, virtual assistant, content creator, blogger, web developer
- professionalsdoctor, nurse, lawyer, engineer, dentist
translatorauthor
Creator of written works
creator · originator · writer · composer · poet
- lost in translationMeaning altered between languages
- word-for-word translationRendering matching each term exactly
- Bible translationsSacred text in various languages
- book translationsTexts converted between languages
- translated novelsFiction rendered from another language
- literal translationExact rendering across languages
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