translator

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a person who translates written messages from one language to anotherSynonyms: transcriber
  2. someone who mediates between speakers of different languagesSynonyms: interpreter
  3. a program that translates one programming language into anotherSynonyms: translating program
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Translator \Trans*lat"or\, n. [L. translator: cf. F. translateur.]

1.One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another. [1913 Webster]

2.(Teleg.) A repeating instrument. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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