Translator

/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/

Synonyms for "translator" (59 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

Noun(7 words)
interpreterassemblerassemblersautomatic translatorbilingual translatorcode translatorcompiler

Strong matches (18)

Related words (29)

Noun(12 words)
interpreterslanguage translatormachine translatormapperpolyglotsrepeatersign language translatortext translatortranscribertranslating programtranslation softwaretranspiler

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: interpreter, allegorist, annotator, assembler, assemblers.
  • Sentence evidence is available for translator, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "translator".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "translator"

Keep "translator" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "translator" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "translator", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "translator" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries
computer programcomputer programmego-betweenintercessorintermediaryintermediatorlanguage professionallinguistmediatorpolyglotprogramprogrammetranslation program

More specific

9 entries
JIT compilerbytecode compilercourt translatorliterary translatorneural translatorrule based translatorstatic compilerstatistical translatortechnical translator

Collocations

5 entries
court translatorlanguage translatorliterary translatormachine translatortechnical translator

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

209 translations across 117 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • vertaalster noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • vertaler noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Albanian

2 entries
  • përkthyes noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • përkthyese noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μεταφραστής noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تُرْجُمَان noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • مُتَرْجِم noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • مُتَرْجِمَة noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թարգմանիչ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Assamese

2 entries
  • অনুবাদক noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ভাঙনি কৰোঁতা noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܬܵܐ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Asturian

1 entries
  • traductor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mütərcim noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tərcüməçi noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • тәржемәсе noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Basque

1 entries
  • itzultzaile noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • перакла́дчык noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • перакла́дчыца noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অনুবাদক noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Breton

1 entries
  • troour noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • превода́ч noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • превода́чка noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဘာသာပြန် noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ဘာသာပြန်သူ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Catalan

2 entries
  • traductor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • traductora noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • وەرگێڕ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гочдархо noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 翻譯 /翻译 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • 翻譯員 /翻译员 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • 翻譯官 /翻译官 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • 翻譯家 /翻译家 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Czech

2 entries
  • překladatel noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • překladatelka noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Danish

2 entries
  • oversætter noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tolk noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Dutch

2 entries
  • vertaalster noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • vertaler noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • yvyrsetter noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • (neut.) tradukilo noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradukantino noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradukanto noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradukistino noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tõlk noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Faroese

3 entries
  • tolkur noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • týðari noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • umsetari noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kääntäjä noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

French

2 entries
  • traducteur noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • traductrice noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Galician

2 entries
  • tradutor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradutora noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თარჯიმანი noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • მთარგმნელი noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

German

2 entries
  • Übersetzer noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • Übersetzerin noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Greek

3 entries
  • μεταφράστρια noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • μεταφραστής noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • μηχανικός μεταφραστής noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • nutserisoq noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • અનુવાદક noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • mea unuhi noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מְתַרְגֵּם noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • מְתַרְגֶּמֶת noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अनुवादक noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • भाषांतरकार noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • fordító noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þýðandi noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Ido

4 entries
  • tradukantino noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradukanto noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradukantulo noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradukistino noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • penerjemah noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Irish

1 entries
  • aistritheoir noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Italian

2 entries
  • traduttore noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • traduttrice noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 翻訳者 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅನುವಾದಕ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • talalikas noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • аудармашы noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • аударушы noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អ្នកបកប្រែ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Korean

2 entries
  • 번역가 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • 번역자 noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • котормочу noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Ladino

1 entries
  • terdjuman noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Lao

2 entries
  • ນາຍພາສາ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ຜູ້ແປ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Latin

2 entries
  • interpres noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • trānslātor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Latvian

2 entries
  • tulkotāja noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tulkotājs noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • vertėjas noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • pśełožowaŕ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Iwwersetzer noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • преведувач noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • преведувачка noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Malay

1 entries
  • penterjemah noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വിവര്ത്തകന് noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Maltese

1 entries
  • traduttur noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡨᡠᠩᠰᡝ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Marathi

1 entries
  • अनुवादक noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Middle English

1 entries
  • translatour noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • орчуулагч noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • хөрвүүлэгч noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaiwhakamāori noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • kaiwhiringa reo noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • mtafsiri noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Norman

1 entries
  • traducteux noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • terciman noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • wergêr noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Northern Mansi

1 entries
  • толмась noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • jorgaleaddji noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • oversetter noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • omsetjar noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • omsettar noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Occitan

1 entries
  • traductor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଅନୁବାଦକ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Old English

1 entries
  • wealhstod noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Pashto

4 entries
  • ترجمان noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • مترجم noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ژباړن noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ژباړونکی noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Iwwersetzer noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Persian

4 entries
  • ترجمال noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ترجمنده noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ترگمان noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • مترجم noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Äwasata noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Polish

4 entries
  • przekładacz noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • translator noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • translatorka noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tłumacz noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • tradutor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradutora noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Romanian

4 entries
  • traducătoare noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • traducător noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • translatoare noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • translator noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Romansch

2 entries
  • translatur noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • translatura noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Russian

2 entries
  • перево́дчик noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • перево́дчица noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • eadar-theangair noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prevòdilac noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • prevòditelj noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • прево̀дилац noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • прево̀дитељ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • පරිවර්තක noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • ǩiõlljåårǥlõʹtti noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Slovak

2 entries
  • prekladateľ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • prekladateľka noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Slovene

2 entries
  • prevajalec noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • prevajalka noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Somali

1 entries
  • turjume noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Sotho

1 entries
  • mofetoledi noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Spanish

2 entries
  • traductor noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • traductora noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Swahili

3 entries
  • mfasiri noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • mfumbua noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • mtapta noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Swedish

1 entries
  • översättare noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Tajik

2 entries
  • мутарҷим noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • тарҷумон noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тәрҗемәче noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అనువాదకుడు noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Thai

3 entries
  • นักแปล noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ผู้แปล noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ล่าม noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྐད་སྒྱུར noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ተርጓሚ noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ተርጓሚት noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Turkish

2 entries
  • tercüman noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • çevirmen noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • terjimeçi noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • переклада́ч noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • переклада́чка noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • přełožer noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • přełožowar noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Urdu

3 entries
  • انوادک noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ترجمان noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • مترجم noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تەرجىمان noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tarjimon noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • dịch gỉa noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • thông dịch viên noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hitradutan noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • jitradutan noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradutan noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Walloon

4 entries
  • ratourneu noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • ratourneuse noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradujheu noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • tradujheuse noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyfieithydd noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • oersetter noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • איבערזעצער noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)
  • איבערזעצערין noun (someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Because I want to be a translator.

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I am studying to be a translator or interpreter.

Source: tatoeba (322263)

The translator found it impossible to explain what he meant.

Source: tatoeba (322268)

I'm a translator.

Source: tatoeba (490799)

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