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# translator

noun (a translator, translators)

«translator» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person whose job is to change writing from one language into another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#m1)
2. A computer program or app that changes words from one language into another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#m2)
3. (general) Someone who puts something difficult into easier words for others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life translators help people read books, signs and documents written in other languages; in lessons about languages and jobs it is a career for people who know two or more languages well. A person who changes spoken words on the spot is usually called an interpreter. Phrases: «work as a translator», «a translator app», «online translator».

### Examples

- My aunt is a translator who turns German books into English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x1)
- The Harry Potter books were changed into many languages by translators. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x2)
- We used a translator app to read the menu in Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x3)
- A good translator knows both languages very well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x4)
- Online translators sometimes make funny mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x5)
- My big sister was my translator when the doctor used hard words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x6)
- P., I have had to depend on translators. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a translator, translators. Translator = writing; interpreter = speech (but people often mix them). Do not spell «translater». Machine translators can be wrong, so check important words.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life translators help people read books, signs and documents written in other languages; in lessons about languages and jobs it is a career for people who know two or more languages well. A person who changes spoken words on the spot is usually called an interpreter. Phrases: «work as a translator», «a translator app», «online translator».

### Examples

- Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/translator/#x1)
- Author of the "Guide for Rational Inquiries into the Biblical Scriptures," "Toms des Morgenlandes," Translator of "Nathan the Wise" from the German, etc., etc., etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/translator/#x2)
- Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/translator/#x3)

### Note

Countable: a translator, translators. Translator = writing; interpreter = speech (but people often mix them). Do not spell «translater». Machine translators can be wrong, so check important words.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «translator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«translator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/translator.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «translator» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/translator/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«translator» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/translator.html) on Mova free.