Translate vs Convert - What's the difference?
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(label) To change text (as of a book, document, movie) from one language to another.
(label) To change text from one language to another; to have a translation into another language.
(label) To change from one form or medium to another.
* Shakespeare
* Macaulay
(label) To change from one form or medium to another.
To subject a body to linear motion with no rotation.
To transfer, to move from one place or position to another.
To transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another.
* Evelyn
To transfer a bishop from one see to another.
* Camden.
*'>citation
To ascend, to rise to Heaven without bodily death.
* Heb. xi. 5.
To entrance, to cause to lose sense or recollection.
To rearrange a song from one genre to another.
(label) To cause to move from one body part to another, as of disease.
A set of points obtained by'' adding a ''given'' fixed vector to each point ''of'' a ''given set.
A person who has converted to his or her religion.
A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
(lb) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
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*(Thomas Burnet) (1635?-1715)
*:if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:That still lessens / The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (lb) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
(lb) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief.
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* (1796-1859)
*:No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
(lb) To exchange for something of equal value.
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(lb) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
(lb) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
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To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=February 4, author=Gareth Roberts, work=BBC
, title= (lb) To score (a penalty).
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, title= To score a spare.
(lb) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
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(lb) To become converted.
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To cause to turn; to turn.
*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
*:O, which way shall I first convert myself?
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
To turn into another language; to translate.
*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
*:which storyCatullus more elegantly converted
In transitive terms the difference between translate and convert
is that translate is to change from one form or medium to another while convert is to express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.In intransitive terms the difference between translate and convert
is that translate is to change from one form or medium to another while convert is to become converted.In transitive obsolete terms the difference between translate and convert
is that translate is to entrance, to cause to lose sense or recollection while convert is to turn into another language; to translate.translate
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Verb
(translat)Usage notes
"Translation" is often used loosely to describe any act of conversion from one language into another, although formal usage typically distinguishes "interpretation" as the proper term for conversion of speech. Conversion of text from one orthography to another (attempting to roughly establish equivalent sound) is distinguished as "transliteration", whereas translation attempts to establish equivalent meaning. "Literal", "verbatim", or "word-for-word translation" ("metaphrase") aims to capture as much of the exact expression as possible, while "loose" or "free translation" or "paraphrase" aims to capture the general sense or artistic affect of the original text. At a certain point, however, text which has been too freely translated may be considered an "adaptation" instead.Synonyms
*Derived terms
{{der3, translation , translator , translatory , translatable , translatability , translative , translatives , translational , translationally}}Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----convert
English
Noun
(en noun)- They were all converts to Islam.
- I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert !
Verb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}
Wales 19-26 England, passage=Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=But, after the error by Lampard's replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.}}