translate
/transˈleɪt/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
trans - ˈleɪt -> translate
(v) ဘာသာပြန်
၁။ ~ (sth) (from sth) (into sth) ဘာသာပြန်သည်။ He didn't understand Greek, so I offered to translate. ❍ translate an article into Dutch ❍ ‘Suisse’ had been wrongly translated as ‘Sweden’. ❍ (fig ) Can someone translate this legal jargon into plain English for me? Compare INTERPRET ၃
၂။ ဘာသာပြန်နိုင် စွမ်းသည်။ ဘာသာပြန်၍ရသည်။ Most poetry doesn't translate well. ❍ The Welsh name translates as ‘Land's End’.
၃။ ~ (sth) into sth အကောင်အထည်ပေါ်သည်။ It's time to translate our ideas into action. ❍ The Party's favourable image doesn't always translate into votes.
❏ translation /-'leÇʃn/ n
၁။ [U] ဘာသာပြန်ဆိုခြင်း။ ဘာသာပြန်ဆိုချက်။ errors in translation ❍ the translation of theories into practice.
၂။ [C,U] ဘာသာပြန်။ make/ do a translation of a document ❍ a rough/ a literal/ an exact translation ❍ The usual translation of ‘glasnost’ is ‘openness’. ❍ read Homer in translation (ie in a different language from that in which he wrote).
❏ translator n ဘာသာပြန်။ Compare INTERPRETER
- I don’t speak Russian, so someone will have to translate.
- [translate something into something] : The Bible has been translated into more than 100 languages.
- Poetry doesn’t always translate well.
- [something translates as something] : ‘Merci’ in French translates as ‘thank you’ in English.
- The software can translate files from most other word processing programs.
- [translate into/to] : Recent economic problems are beginning to translate into a demand for reforms.
- These earnings, translated into pounds, represent half of our total profits.
- An attempt to translate Marxist ideas into practice
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.