interpret(BETWEEN LANGUAGES)
C2
to change something into a new form, especially to turn a plan into something real: 转化（尤指将计划变为现实）
translate intoSo how does this theory translate into practical policy?那么如何将这个理论应用于制定现实可行的政策呢？
translate well toThe ways of working that he had learned at college did not translate well (= were not suitable) to the world of business.他在大学里学到的工作方式并不适合生意场。
 translate something as something
to decide that words, behaviour, or actions mean a particular thing: 认为…意味着…
He mumbled something which I translated as agreement.他嘴里咕哝了句什么，我想是表示同意。
You'll lose marks if you translate too literally.
It is a difficult passage, but just translate it as best you can.这段文章确实很难，不过你尽力翻译就可以了。
Her novels have been translated into sixteen languages.
It can be very difficult to translate idioms.

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translate | American Dictionary

translate
verb[ I/T ]
us/trænsˈleɪt, ˈtræns·leɪt/
to change writing or speech from one language into another:
[ I ]Poetry does not translate easily.
If you translate an activity, you change it into a new form or condition:
[ I ]The ability to talk clearly does not automatically translate into the ability to write clearly.

translation

noun[ C/U ]us/trænsˈleɪ·ʃən/
[ C ]I do translations at international meetings.

translator

noun[ C ]us/trænsˈleɪ·t̬ər, ˈtræns·leɪ·t̬ər/
He is a translator at the UN.

translate | Business English

translate
verb
uk /trænzˈleɪt/us
[ I or T ]
to change something into a different form, or to be changed in this way:
be translated into sthAn organization's "mission statement" is typically translated into a set of goals and measures which are then passed down to individual departments.
translate into sthHigher R&D spending does not always translate into competitive advantage.
translate sth into sthThe Purchase Funnel Assessment assesses how effectively a brand translates awareness into purchases and retention.
[ I or T ]
to change the words of one language into the words in another language that have the same meaning:
Finding interpreters who can translate directly from Estonian to Portuguese is almost impossible.
translate sth into sthYou can't just translate an English website into Spanish and assume it will still be effective.
be translated into sthThe book has been translated into more than twenty languages.
[ T ] FINANCE, ACCOUNTING
if an amount in one currency is translated into another currency, its value is given in the other currency:
be translated into sthForeign income is translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rate for the tax year in which the transactions are conducted.

Examples of translate

translate
In addition, there were other papers on designing economic plans, capital accumulation, and foreign examples of economic development plans, translated by the bank.
These obvious gender differences in societal roles may potentially translate into gender differences in the sources of social support.
Thus, every well-typed program can be translated to an equivalent stream-processing program.
Psychologists typically do not rely on a similarly unified theoretical framework that can be easily translated into experimental design.
Their seminal contributions have been of enormous consequence for understanding the relationships between development, environment, and poverty and have translated into significant policy advances.
How might this translate into the differences in onset of word recognition that we have identified?
It is really a question of how these can meaningfully be translated into contemporary culture.
This is the point at which the programme experienced difficulties in being translated into practice.
At test, participants translated words in both translation directions.
However, these laudable aims have proven difficult to translate into practice.
First, the project is one of a wide scope, involving the collecting, translating and organizing of hundreds of remedies from various sources.
The mechanical design and implementation of chain robots are generally simpler than in the other categories, which also translates into lower cost.
In this sense, much of the material would be easily translated into a classroom context.
There must also be a party for which they can vote that promises to translate their fears into remedial government policy if elected to office.
We need to ask, then, how far this civic discourse translated into action once candidates were elected.
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