If one thing translates or is translated into another, the second happens or is done as a result of the first. Reforming Warsaw's stagnant economy requires harsh measures that would translate into job losses Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions
change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation genetics: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U
If a name, a word, or an expression translates as something in a different language, that is what it means in that language. His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still
To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease
be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power