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translator

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


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To some degree, an animal-to-human translator resides within our brains, another echo of the influence of animals on the human mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

And Emily Wilson, “The Odyssey” translator who launched 1,000 hot takes, lets us inside her process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

The student, who is also a freelance translator, has also found it hard to concentrate on lectures knowing he could be missing out on work opportunities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I answered the first question in Spanish, as we had a translator present, and he answered in perfect English and I thought: 'Why you little?!'"

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

I remember the translator giving us this piece of advice as well: “When you get to America, don’t stare at people. Don’t point.”

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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

It requires subject experts, translators, reviewers and moderators.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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 husky scratching of vuvv announcements booms through the air above the shuttles, and those of us with translators lead the mob toward the innards of the ship.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson



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