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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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The extent of party influence is illustrated in another way, by translating the effects into probabilities.
After translating the child, we use 3 to create an environment for translating the rest of the parent.
This is per formed by simultaneously rotating and translating one of the two mirrors along an axis parallel to the exit direction.
The problem is in translating this claim into operational terms and using it to make predictions.
This meant in a certain way translating a virtual, implicit polyphony into a real, explicit one.
The drawing of the parent is then constructed by translating the drawings of the children.
They came to the conclusion that optokinetic eye movements in translating crabs were governed by stationary contours in the visual field.
By translating these functions so that the transitions all occur in a compact interval, we obtain a convergent minimizing sequence.
He does some practical translation work, mainly in the field of economics and finance, and also has some experience in translating for audio-visual media.
Translating the above into the language of circuit diagrams requires some care, since this language was designed to accommodate two 1-cell compositions.
Translating each of the conjuncts individually would make it impossible to decide whether an origin or destination location is being specified.
Are there strong historical paths that provide patterns for interpreting and translating the idea and perhaps create resistance points or barriers?
In translating analogue systems into contemporary digital forms there is one immediate dilemma.
Its focus should guide both academics and practitioners into ways of translating theory into more practical approaches to working with older people.
Translating climate change impacts at the community level.
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