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translator

[trans-ley-ter, tranz-, trans-ley-ter, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪ tər, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪ tər, ˈtrænz- /


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Damon is the simplest and most reliable vehicle to tell us about a complicated man, as the highly lauded translator Emily Wilson describes Odysseus.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

An international-school tutor and translator in Suzhou, Zhou borrowed from his parents and took out bank loans to cover the costs of the surrogacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“What makes for good movies is a plot driven forward progressively through things that actively happen,” the 71-year-old director says recently over Zoom from his home in Tokyo, using a translator.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Political consultant Igor Ratchin was sentenced to 11 years in prison and translator Lev Lakshtanov was given eight years.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Larisa Rozanova married and worked as an engineer; Natasha Meklin worked as a translator.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Oates, who penned the Pulitzer Prize-nominated “Blonde,” said that, within the world of translators, Wilson’s review “seems all the more surprising since all translations are, presumably, subjective & not equivalent to the original text.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

They are both translators of the quotidian—the poet into art, something felt, the critic into explication, something understood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Because magnons naturally interact with many different quantum systems, they could also act as universal translators, allowing technologies that normally cannot communicate with one another to work together.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

The decade-long trial was beset by delays due to coronavirus disruptions and problems securing translators.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Michael Frayn, in an afterword to his play Copenhagen, notes that several words in German–Unsicherheit, Unschärfe, Unbestimmtheit–have been used by various translators, but that none quite equates to the English uncertainty.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson



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