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What is the difference between translator and translation?

translator | translation |

Translation is a related term of translator.

Translator is a related term of translation.


As nouns the difference between translator and translation

is that translator is a person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language while translation is (uncountable) the act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).

translator

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviations) * (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • translation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * translatioun (obsolete) * (abbreviations)

    Noun

  • (label) The act or (label) an act of translating, in its various senses:
  • # The conversion of text from one language to another.
  • # The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
  • # (label) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
  • # (label) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
  • # A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
  • # The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
  • ## (label) An ascension to Heaven without death.
  • ## (label) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
  • ## (label) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
  • ## (label) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
  • (label) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
  • Derived terms

    * fan translation * machine translation * translationless * translation studies

    See also

    * interpretation ----