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Translate vs Interpret - What's the difference?

translate | interpret |

Interpret is a synonym of translate.



In intransitive terms the difference between translate and interpret

is that translate is to change from one form or medium to another while interpret is to act as an interpreter.

As verbs the difference between translate and interpret

is that translate is to change text (as of a book, document, movie) from one language to another while interpret is to explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.

As a noun translate

is a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.

translate

English

Verb

(translat)
  • (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.
  • 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

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    Derived terms

    {{der3, translation , translator , translatory , translatable , translatability , translative , translatives , translational , translationally}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of points obtained by'' adding a ''given'' fixed vector to each point ''of'' a ''given set.
  • Anagrams

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    interpret

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
  • * The Holy Bible, (w) i. 23.
  • Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • * The Holy Bible, (w) xli. 8.
  • And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
  • To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.
  • To act as an interpreter.
  • Synonyms

    * translate, explain, solve, render, expound, elucidate, decipher, unfold, unravel

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