'Translator' definitions:
Definition of 'translator'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who translates written messages from one language to another [syn: translator, transcriber]
noun
Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages [syn: interpreter, translator]
noun
A program that translates one programming language into another [syn: translator, translating program]
Definition of 'Translator'
From: GCIDE
- Translator \Trans*lat"or\, n. [L. translator: cf. F. translateur.]
- 1. One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Teleg.) A repeating instrument. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'translator'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- lexicographer,
- metaphrast,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- scholiast,
- textual critic