translate: [13] To translate something is etymologically to ‘carry it across’ from one language into another. The word was acquired from trānslātus, the past participle of Latin trānsferre ‘carry across, transfer, translate’ (source of English transfer). => extol, relate
translate (v.)
early 14c., "to remove from one place to another," also "to turn from one language to another," from Old French translater and directly from Latin translatus "carried over," serving as past participle of transferre "to bring over, carry over" (see transfer), from trans- (see trans-) + latus "borne, carried" (see oblate (n.)). Related: Translated; translating. A similar notion is behind the Old English word it replaced, awendan, from wendan "to turn, direct" (see wend).
translate 双语例句
1. It can translate data from maps or remote sensing instruments into images.
它可以把从地图或遥感设备中得到的数据转化成为图像。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The girls waited for Mr Esch to translate.
女孩们等待埃施先生作翻译。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.
我能阅读西班牙语,但不能翻译成西班牙语.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. These jokes would be far too difficult to translate.
这些笑话也许极其难译.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. We must make efforts to translate our ideal into reality.