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/trænsˈleɪtər/ · /trænsˈleɪtə/
someone whose job is to change writing from one language into another language.
譯者
複數 translators
核心畫面
Picture someone with a text in front of them, reading a sentence in one language and writing it out again in another so that a new reader can meet it. The work is done on the page, with time to weigh each word — which is what separates this job from the one done live, out loud.
可以想成：一個人面前擺著文本，讀一句原文，再用另一種語言把它寫出來，好讓另一群讀者也能讀到。這份工作是在紙上（或螢幕…更多收起
可以想成：一個人面前擺著文本，讀一句原文，再用另一種語言把它寫出來，好讓另一群讀者也能讀到。這份工作是在紙上（或螢幕上）完成的，有時間慢慢斟酌每一個字——這正是它跟「現場口說」那份工作最大的分別。原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
translatornoun/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
- "You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked. Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English.
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
- Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.
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historicalcomputingengineeringmathematicsA person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
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A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
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computingengineeringmathematicsA person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
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obsoleteSynonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
- ... the translator of the life and miracles of the saints, like the translator of the relics, need not have been "literate"; nor did he have to be a clerk.
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historicalSynonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
- Boots and Shoes are not to be had, I am told, in sufficient quantity for the demand from the slop-shops, the "translators," and the second-hand dealers. Great quantities of second-hand boots and shoes are sent to Ireland to be "translated" there.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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historicalslangA used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
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obsoleteSynonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
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obsoleteA thing that converts energy from one form to another.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe retinaculum of asclepiads.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。