1. change something from one language into another. translatetrans*late, v. i. to make a translation; to be engaged in translation.translate trans*late , v. t. [imp. & p. p. translated; p. pr. & vb. n. translating.] [f. translatus, used as p. p. of transferre to transfer, but from a different root. see: trans-, and tolerate, and cf. translation.]