different between translator vs intrprete

English

Alternative forms

• tr., trans., transl. (abbreviations)
• translatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English translatour, from Old French translator, translatour, translateur, from Latin tr?nsl?tor, agent noun from perfect passive participle tr?nsl?tus, from tr?nsfer? (“carry across”), from trans (“across, beyond”) + fer? (“bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?ænzle?t?/, /?t?ænsle?t?/, /?t?ænz?le?t?/, [?t??ænz?le?t??], [?t??ænz?le???], /?t?æns?le?t?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?anzle?t?/, /?t???nzle?t?/

Noun

translator (plural translators)

1. A person who translates text, film, or other material into a different natural language.
2. (by extension) One that makes a new version of a source material in a different language or format.
3. (proscribed) A language interpreter.
4. A computer program that translates something from one language to another using machine translation.

   Synonym: machine translator

Related terms

• transfer
• translate
• translation
• translatory

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

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Noun

translator m (plural translatori, feminine equivalent translatoare)

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) translator