translator

Noun
  1. A person who translates written messages from one language to another (synset 110744916)
    is a type of: linguist, polyglot - a person who speaks more than one language
    same as: transcriber
  2. Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages (synset 110232171)
    is a type of: go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
    subtypes:
    • dragoman - an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
    • symboliser, symbolist, symbolizer - someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
    specific instances:
    • edward fitzgerald, fitzgerald - English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
    • benjamin jowett, jowett - English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893)
    • tindal, tindale, tyndale, william tindal, william tindale, william tyndale - English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
    • bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfila - a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)
    same as: interpreter
  3. A program that translates one programming language into another (synset 106593444)
    is a type of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
    same as: translating program

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