translate

Everyday

1. To translate is to change words from one language into another. tree →
2. To translate is to change something into a different form: «translate a plan into action». tree →
3. (maths) To translate a shape is to slide it to a new position without turning or flipping it. tree →

In the lessons

In languages lessons you translate words or sentences. In maths (geometry), a translation moves a shape left, right, up or down: «translate the triangle 3 squares right and 2 up». In everyday life apps translate signs and menus. Phrases: «translate into», «translate from … into …».

Examples

• Can you translate this sentence into French? tree →
• My cousin translated the menu for us. tree →
• Translate the square 4 units to the right. tree →
• After a translation, the shape is the same size and faces the same way. tree →
• The book was translated into fifty languages. tree →
• Hard work translated into good marks. tree →
• The app translates spoken words. tree →

Note

Noun: translation; person: translator. «Translate from Spanish into English». In maths, a translation keeps size, shape and direction the same; only position changes (unlike rotation or reflection).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Jewish scholars like Rashi and Judah Halevi gave their own meanings of hard Hebrew words, so translation also shows how the text was understood. In the primary lessons: In languages lessons you translate words or sentences. In maths (geometry), a translation moves a shape left, right, up or down: «translate the triangle 3 squares right and 2 up». In everyday life apps translate signs and menus. Phrases: «translate into», «translate from … into …».

Examples

• The word חמפולמות is translated by Rashi, moist. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 45) I have translated according to the reading of Rabbi Judah Halevi. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Noun: translation; person: translator. «Translate from Spanish into English». In maths, a translation keeps size, shape and direction the same; only position changes (unlike rotation or reflection).