Meaning of translator in English

(Definition of translator from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of translator from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of translator

translator
There is also sometimes a purposeful editing while the translator was undertaking his work.
The translator requires information from the dictionary system by means of direct queries.
The translation has value and authority because its writers and translators possess legitimacy as figures of proven power and wisdom.
True, every government apparatus across the world needs a cadre of confidential translators and interpreters for its work, overt or covert.
The next chapter documents the translators, authors, and patrons who made possible the growing body of works that were written between the 1630s and 1730s.
The aim was to characterise the activity of human translators by observing the task of translating words, expressions, context-dependent phrases and even paragraphs (rarely).
The new summary of the letter's contents is unusual for this translator; he only provides such a summary at one other place (248.16-27).
The latter could be just a useful indication to the translator using the system, or a crucial functional factor of the system, as explained later.
Nevertheless, it has extra features to maintain fluent and enriched interaction with the translator.
As we have already mentioned, primitive tasks refer to the basic actions carried out by translators when using dictionaries.
The danger here is two-fold: it not only makes life harder for translators but also extends to the employer, who may receive incorrect, misunderstood information.
Finally, all of the versions were discussed with all the translators.
Along with this view, it has been observed that tools for translation cannot be made without the co-operation of human translators.
It also indicates the beginning of a slippage between the category of the translator and that of the author.
It may act as a translator, perform task allocation, or monitor progress, among other things.
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Translations of translator

in Chinese (Traditional)
(尤指從事筆譯的)譯者,翻譯家…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(尤指从事笔译的)译者,翻译家…
in Spanish
traductor, traductora, traductor/ora [masculine-feminine…
in Portuguese
tradutor, tradutora, tradutor/-ra [masculine-feminine]…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Japanese
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
çevirmen, tercüman…
traducteur/-trice [masculine-feminine], traducteur/-trice…
翻訳家(ほんやくか)…
vertaler…
překladatel, -ka…
oversætter, translatør…
penerjemah…
นักแปล…
biên dịch viên…
tłumacz/ka, tłumacz…
översättare…
penterjemah…
der Übersetzer / die Übersetzerin…
oversetter [masculine], oversetter…
перекладач…
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