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translator

trans·la·tor

UK/ˈtɹanzleɪtə/ US/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/ fairly common slang us

noun

1.

a person who translates written messages from one language to another

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2.

someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

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3.

a program that translates one programming language into another

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Origin

Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.

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  • machine translator

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