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translator

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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trans·la·tor /trænsˈleɪtə, trænz- $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  BOTRANSLATEsomeone who changes writing into a different language 翻译(者),译员 interpreter
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translatorShe worked in Geneva as a translator.Speaking through a translator, Li told of his early life.The publishers are looking for an American translator for his novels.My father was immediately hired as his interpreter and translator.William Caxton, the great fifteenth-century Brit-ish printer and translator, was first to render Aesop in our language.The stories about her render her variously as victim, betrayer, seducer, and translator.But for the writers and early translators of the Gospels, it was a very precise term, denoting a very exact figure.A year later, it focused on the language translator.It came as no surprise to find that the local translator in Sochi had muddled up the names.He had a good ear for language, and was a talented scholar, translator, and lyric poet.The translator was gazing about, holding up one hand for quiet.
trans·la·tor nounChineseSyllable
who different writing language changes into a someone Corpus


translator
translator /trænsˈleɪtə, trænz- $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone who changes writing into a different language ⇨ interpreter


trans·la·torBrE /trænsˈleɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈleɪtər/ 🔊BrE /trænzˈleɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /trænzˈleɪtər/ 🔊 nouna person who translates writing or speech into a different language, especially as a job (尤指专职)翻译,译员,译者,翻译家She works as a translator of technical texts. 她的工作是科技翻译。🔊🔊   compare interpreter (1)