translator

English

Alternative forms

tr., trans., transl. (abbreviations)
translatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin trānslātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle trānslātus, from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across, beyond”) + ferō (“bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑːnzleɪtə/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

translator (plural translators)

A person who translates text, film, or other material into a different natural language.
(by extension) One that makes a new version of a source material in a different language or format.
(proscribed) A language interpreter.

Related terms

Translations

someone who translates

Afrikaans: vertaler
Albanian: përkthyes (sq) m, përkthyese (sq) f
Arabic: مُتَرْجِم‎‎ m (mutarjim), مُتَرْجِمَة‎‎ f (mutarjima)
Armenian: թարգմանիչ (hy) (tʿargmaničʿ)
Assamese: ভাঙনি কৰোঁতা (bhaṅoni korü̃ta), অনুবাদক (onubadok)
Asturian: traductor
Azerbaijani: tərcüməçi (az), mütərcim
Bashkir: тәржемәсе (täržemäse)
Basque: itzultzaile
Belarusian: перакла́дчык (be) m (pjerakládčyk), перакла́дчыца f (pjerakládčyca)
Bengali: অনুবাদক (bn) (ônubadôk)
Breton: troour
Bulgarian: превода́ч (bg) m (prevodáč)
Burmese: ဘာသာပြန် (my) (bhasa-pran), ဘာသာပြန်သူ (bhasa-pransu)
Catalan: traductor (ca)
Chechen: гочдархо (gočdarχo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 譯者 (zh), 译者 (zh) (yìzhě), 譯員 (zh), 译员 (zh) (yìyuán), 翻譯 (zh), 翻译 (zh) (fānyì), 翻譯員 (zh), 翻译员 (zh) (fānyìyuán), 翻譯者 (zh), 翻译者 (zh) (fānyìzhě)
Czech: překladatel m
Danish: oversætter, tolk (da) (interpreter)
Dutch: vertaler (nl) m, vertaalster f
Esperanto: (♂♀, professional) tradukisto, (♂) virtradukisto, (♀) tradukistino, (♂♀) tradukanto, (♂) virtradukanto, (♀) tradukantino
Estonian: tõlk
Faroese: týðari m, tolkur m, umsetari m
Finnish: kääntäjä (fi)
French: traducteur (fr) m, traductrice (fr) f
Galician: tradutor (gl)
Georgian: მთარგმნელი (mtargmneli), თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani)
German: Übersetzer (de) m, Übersetzerin (de) f
Greek: μεταφραστής (el) m (metafrastís) (metafrastís)
Hawaiian: mea unuhi
Hebrew: מְתַרְגֵּם‎‎ (he) m (m'targém), מְתַרְגֶּמֶת‎‎ f (m'targémet)
Hindi: अनुवादक (hi) m (anuvādak), भाषांतरकार m (bhāṣāntarkār)
Hungarian: fordító (hu)
Icelandic: þýðandi (is) m
Ido: (♂♀, professional) tradukisto (io), (♂) tradukistulo, (♀) tradukistino, (♂♀) tradukanto (io), (♂) tradukantulo, (♀) tradukantino
Indonesian: penerjemah (id)
Irish: aistritheoir m
Italian: traduttore (it) m, traduttrice (it) f
Japanese: 翻訳者 (ほんやくしゃ, hon'yakusha)
Kazakh: аударушы (awdarwşı), аудармашы (awdarmaşı)
Khmer: អ្នកបកប្រែ (neak bɑɑk prae)
Korean: 번역자 (beonyeokja), 번역가 (ko) (beonyeokga)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: wergêr (ku), terciman (ku)
Kyrgyz: котормочу (ky) (kotormoçu)
Lao: ຜູ້ແປ (phū pǣ), ນາຍພາສາ (nāi phā sā)
Latin: interpres c, translator m
Latvian: tulkotājs m, tulkotāja f
Lithuanian: vertėjas m
Macedonian: преведувач m (preveduvač)

Malay: penterjemah (ms)
Maltese: traduttur m
Maori: kaiwhiringa reo, kaiwhakamāori
Mongolian: орчуулагч (mn) (orčuulagč), хөрвүүлэгч (hörvüülegč)
Ngazidja Comorian: mtafsiri class 1/2
Norman: traducteux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oversetter m

Nynorsk: omsetjar m
Occitan: traductor
Old English: þēodend m
Pashto: ترجمان‎‎ (ps) m (tarǰomãn), مترجم‎‎ m (motaraǰém), ژباړن‎‎ (ps) m (žbāṛán), ژباړونکی‎‎ (ps) m (žbāṛúnkay)
Pennsylvania German: Iwwersetzer m
Persian: ترگمان‎‎ (targomân), مترجم‎‎ (fa) (motarjem)
Polish: tłumacz (pl) m, tłumaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: tradutor (pt) m, tradutora f
Romanian: traducător (ro) m, interpret (ro) m, translator (ro) m
Russian: перево́дчик (ru) m (perevódčik), перево́дчица (ru) f (perevódčica)
Scottish Gaelic: eadar-theangair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преводилац m, преводитељ m

Roman: prevodilac (sh) m, prevoditelj (sh) m
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Skolt Sami: ǩiõlljåårǧlõʹtti
Slovak: prekladateľ m, prekladateľka f
Slovene: prevajalec (sl) m, prevajalka f
Somali: turjume
Sorbian:
Lower: pśełožowaŕ m

Upper: přełožowar m, přełožer m
Sotho: mofetoledi
Spanish: traductor (es) m, traductora (es) f
Swahili: mfasiri (nc 1/2), mfumbua (nc 1/2), mtapta (nc 1/2)
Swedish: översättare (sv) c
Tajik: тарҷумон (tarjumon), мутарҷим (mutarjim)
Tatar: тәрҗемәче (tt) (tärcemäçe)
Telugu: అనువాదకుడు (te) (anuvādakuḍu)
Thai: ผู้แปล (pûu-bplɛɛ), นักแปล (nák-bplɛɛ), ล่าม (th) (lâam)
Tibetan: སྐད་སྒྱུར (skad sgyur)
Turkish: çevirmen (tr), tercüman (tr)
Turkmen: terjimeçi
Ukrainian: переклада́ч m (perekladáč)
Urdu: مترجم‎‎ m (mutarjim), ترجمان‎‎ m (tarjumān), انوادک‎‎ m (anuvādak)
Uyghur: تەرجىمان‎‎ (terjiman)
Uzbek: tarjimon (uz)
Vietnamese: thông dịch viên (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) tradutan (vo), (♂) hitradutan, (♀) jitradutan
Welsh: cyfieithydd (cy)
West Frisian: oersetter m
Yiddish: איבערזעצער‎‎ m (iberzetser), איבערזעצערין‎‎ f (iberzetserin)

Romanian

Noun

translator m (plural translatori)

(clarification of this definition is needed) translator

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