Translate \Trans*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Translated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Translating}.] [f. translatus, used as p. p. of transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See {Trans-}, and {Tolerate}, and cf. {Translation}.] 1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] --Dryden.
In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. --Evelyn.
2. To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.
3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.
By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translatedhim. --Heb. xi. 5.
4. (Eccl.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another. ``Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . . refused.'' --Camden.
5. To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words.
Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls. --Macaulay.
6. To change into another form; to transform.
Happy is your grace, That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style. --Shak.
7. (Med.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease.
8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
Translate \Trans*late\, v. i. To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.
The government seeks to make the official and commercial rates converge, possibly as soon as Jan. 1, giving the zloty a convertible value that would ensure Western companies a way to translate profits into other currencies.
As the world's most populous country with 1.1 billion people, even slight changes in per capita use can translate into large numbers.
"If you translate the same number to Bolar, you're looking for a very big number," even allocating only half of it, Mr. Shah says.
Unlike Janacek, who is steadily winning acceptance as a repertory composer, Martinu had no Max Brod to translate and promote his stage works.
But what happens next depends to a large degree on the ability of the athlete to translate commitment and drive into new fields, yet retain the humility of a beginner. Many believe they can walk on water - and promptly sink.
If velocity rises for some reason, 4% growth in money could translate into economic growth plus inflation that well exceeds 4%.
Even a 0.5 percent increase would translate into an annual advance above 6 percent, sharply higher than the price increases of 4.4 percent or less during the past seven years.
In addition, they note, market history shows that even concrete signs of peace in the making don't automatically translate into a rapid increase in stock prices.
Lower energy prices could translate into lower inflation, which makes fixed-income investments such as bonds more valuable.
An informal survey shows that many black generals find it difficult to translate military experience into key corporate positions.
Federal recognition could translate into millions in economic aid and social services, while helping to preserve the identity of the 6,000-member tribe, based for centuries in the flat woodlands of northern Indiana.
Consumer prices, meanwhile, rose 0.6 percent in January, a pace that would translate into a 7.2 percent annual inflation rate at the retail level if sustained all year.
A weaker dollar means overseas sales translate into better results in dollar terms.
Recognition of the danger of underground storage tanks was slow to translate into action.
An average daily volume of 148 million shares would translate into an approximate 8% decline in 1991 stock-trading commissions for securities firms, to $6 billion, Mr. Goldstein estimates.
She refuses to translate the marks for each subject.
And lower birth rates of the 1970s are going to translate into fewer workers in the 1990s.
That would translate to earnings per share of 15p, putting the shares at yesterday's price of 282p on a prospective p/e of 18.8, high enough if it is assumed that some part of the corporate recovery is already built into the price.
Another Round Table spokesman, Georgi Makaridze, said the victory would translate into about 120 seats in the 250-member Supreme Soviet. "Along with other non-Communist parties, we will have a working majority in parliament," Makaridze said.
That will translate into higher quality service and improved productivity and cut my costs," Mr. Vittoria said.
But so did American and British decisions on whether to decrypt and translate Japanese naval messages rather than Japanese diplomatic traffic or German messages about submarines.
Lower real estate values in and of themselves don't guarantee a reassessment that will translate into lower property taxes.
The figures translate to net income of about $8.4 million, compared with $7.6 million, or 60 cents a share.
For some time, drug companies have seen the new President's attacks on their pricing policies translate into substantial share price falls.
Three companies that are trying to kill the suit said $2.6 billion could be at stake, and that could translate into $70 a year indefinitely for each state resident qualified to share in the proceeds.
The decisions will translate into big third-quarter losses for all three banks.
He and co-writer Jon Bradshaw may have meant well, but the archness and self-conscious pretension with which they translate avant-garde to the screen sets one's teeth on edge.
Opinion polls tend to support the notion that Jackson has made some strides in his effort to reach out out to whites, although this early in the election season it is not yet clear how much of that will translate into votes across the country.
The Ottawa government hopes the study will translate into jobs for Canadian companies if the project goes ahead.
Still, Fujitsu is hoping to translate to the U.S. its success in Europe, Australia and Japan, where it has sold a total of 110 supercomputers.