| translator | | |
| n. (person) | 1. transcriber, translator | a person who translates written messages from one language to another. |
| ~ polyglot, linguist | a person who speaks more than one language. |
| n. (person) | 2. interpreter, translator | someone who mediates between speakers of different languages. |
| ~ go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties. |
| ~ dragoman | an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government). |
| ~ symboliser, symbolizer, symbolist | someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols. |
| ~ edward fitzgerald, fitzgerald | English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883). |
| ~ benjamin jowett, jowett | English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893). |
| ~ tindal, tindale, tyndale, william tindal, william tindale, william tyndale | English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536). |
| ~ bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfila | a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382). |
| n. (communication) | 3. translating program, translator | a program that translates one programming language into another. |
| ~ computer program, computer programme, programme, program | (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute.; "the program required several hundred lines of code" |
| version | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. version | an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint.; "his version of the fight was different from mine" |
| ~ approximation | an imprecise or incomplete account.; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events" |
| ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. edition, variant, variation, version | something a little different from others of the same type.; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" |
| ~ type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
| n. (communication) | 3. adaptation, version | a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form.; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" |
| ~ piece of writing, written material, writing | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect).; "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" |
| ~ modernization | a modernized version (as of a play). |
| ~ versification | a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text). |
| n. (communication) | 4. interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language. |
| ~ mistranslation | an incorrect translation. |
| ~ crib, pony, trot | a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). |
| ~ retroversion | translation back into the original language.; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion" |
| ~ subtitle, caption | translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
| ~ supertitle, surtitle | translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage. |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. interpretation, reading, version | a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ reinterpretation | a new or different meaning. |
| ~ anagoge | a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture). |
| n. (act) | 6. version | manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery). |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| unchain | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. unchain | remove the chains from. |
| ~ unfasten | cause to become undone.; "unfasten your belt" |
| v. (contact) | 2. unchain | make free. |
| ~ free, loose, unloose, unloosen, liberate, release | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
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