Definition of "Translate" :

verb: change from one form or medium into another

"Braque translated collage into oil."

verb: change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation

verb: make sense of a language

verb: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

verb: restate (words) from one language into another language

"I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.."

verb: express, as in simple and less technical language

"Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?."

verb: bring to a certain spiritual state

verb: subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body

verb: be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way

"Poetry often does not translate."

verb: be equivalent in effect

"The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power."