{
    "term": "translate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "translate",
            "heSheIt": "translates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "translated",
        "pastParticiple": "translated",
        "ingForm": "translating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to express the meaning of speech or writing in a different language",
            "sensetop": "translate something into somethingtranslate something from somethingtranslate something from something into somethingtranslate something as somethingtranslate (something)translate from somethingtranslate into somethingtranslate from something into something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He translated the letter into English.",
                    "contextForm": "translate something into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her books have been translated into 24 languages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This chapter was translated from the French by Oliver Breen.",
                    "contextForm": "translate something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His works have been translated from French into countless languages.",
                    "contextForm": "translate something from something into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Suisse’ had been wrongly translated as ‘Sweden’.",
                    "contextForm": "translate something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel has been widely translated.",
                    "contextForm": "translate (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't speak Greek so Dina offered to translate for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My work involves translating from German.",
                    "contextForm": "translate from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My father dictated in Polish while I translated into English.",
                    "contextForm": "translate into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spoke to him through my friend who translated from Arabic into English.",
                    "contextForm": "translate from something into something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["literally", "accurately", "correctly"],
                "verb + translate": ["attempt to", "try to", "be difficult to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "for", "from"],
                "phrases": ["widely translated"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be changed from one language to another",
            "sensetop": "translate as something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most poetry does not translate well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Welsh name translates as ‘Land's End’.",
                    "contextForm": "translate as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a Spanish word that **roughly translates** as 'unease'."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Tiramisu’ literally translates as ‘pull-me-up’."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["literally", "accurately", "correctly"],
                "verb + translate": ["attempt to", "try to", "be difficult to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "for", "from"],
                "phrases": ["widely translated"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to change something into a different form; to lead to a particular result",
            "sensetop": "translate something (into something)translate into something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's time to translate words into action.",
                    "contextForm": "translate something (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope all the hard work will translate into profits.",
                    "contextForm": "translate into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to translate your ideas into practice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in council tax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into student results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lost trade revenue ultimately translated into job losses at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most attempts to translate Shakespeare to the small screen are not successful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story translates well to the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not sure how well the American system would translate to a European context."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well", "easily", "readily"],
                "verb + translate": ["attempt to", "try to", "be difficult to"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": [
                    "translate something into action",
                    "translate something into practice"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to understand something in a particular way or give something a particular meaning",
            "sensetop": "translate (something) (as something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the various words and gestures that we translate as love"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "interpret"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪt/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translate__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪts/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translates__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translated__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translating__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪt/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translate__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪts/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translates__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translated__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "tr/translate/translating__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin translat- ‘carried across’, past participle of transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’."
}