translater
English edit
Noun edit
translater (plural translaters)
- Alternative form of translator
- 1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings (page 14)
- I built a translater there. The city of Claremont lies down in a deep hole, and in order to get them to get my signal in there I built a translater, and they are very happy. It works very nicely.
- 1969, Clearinghouse Review (volume 3, page 547)
- Thus, client and counsel could not communicate without the aid of a translater, and Negron could not adequately participate in the conduct of his defense. A Spanish translater employed on behalf of the prosecution did translate to Negron his right to make peremptory challenges to prospective jurors […]
- 1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings (page 14)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French translater, from Old French translater, from Latin trānslatiāre (“movement”). Cognate with translate in English.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
translater
- (physics, mathematics) to translate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of translater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | translater | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | translatant /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | translaté /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
translates /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
translatons /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɔ̃/ |
translatez /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/ |
translatent /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
imperfect | translatais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/ |
translatais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/ |
translatait /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/ |
translations /tʁɑ̃.sla.tjɔ̃/ |
translatiez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tje/ |
translataient /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | translatai /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/ |
translatas /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta/ |
translata /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta/ |
translatâmes /tʁɑ̃.sla.tam/ |
translatâtes /tʁɑ̃.sla.tat/ |
translatèrent /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛʁ/ | |
future | translaterai /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁe/ |
translateras /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁa/ |
translatera /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁa/ |
translaterons /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɔ̃/ |
translaterez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁe/ |
translateront /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | translaterais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/ |
translaterais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/ |
translaterait /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/ |
translaterions /tʁɑ̃.sla.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
translateriez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tə.ʁje/ |
translateraient /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
translates /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
translations /tʁɑ̃.sla.tjɔ̃/ |
translatiez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tje/ |
translatent /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
imperfect2 | translatasse /tʁɑ̃.sla.tas/ |
translatasses /tʁɑ̃.sla.tas/ |
translatât /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta/ |
translatassions /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
translatassiez /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta.sje/ |
translatassent /tʁɑ̃.sla.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/ |
— | translatons /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɔ̃/ |
translatez /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading edit
- “translater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
translater
- Alternative form of translatour
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French translater, from Latin translatio (“movement”). Cognate with English translate.
Verb edit
translater
- to translate
Conjugation edit
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of translater
infinitive | simple | translater | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | translatant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | translaté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | translate | translates | translate | translatons | translatez | translatent |
imperfect | translatois, translatoys | translatois, translatoys | translatoit, translatoyt | translations, translatyons | translatiez, translatyez | translatoient, translatoyent | |
past historic | translata | translatas | translata | translatasmes | translatastes | translaterent | |
future | translaterai, translateray | translateras | translatera | translaterons | translaterez | translateront | |
conditional | translaterois, translateroys | translaterois, translateroys | translateroit, translateroyt | translaterions, translateryons | translateriez, translateryez | translateroient, translateroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | translate | translates | translate | translatons | translatez | translatent |
imperfect | translatasse | translatasses | translatast | translatassions | translatassiez | translatassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | translate | — | translatons | translatez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants edit
- French: translater
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin translatio (“movement”). Cognate with English translate.
Verb edit
translater
- (transitive) to translate
- 13th century, Adam de Ross, La vision de Saint Paul, page 1, column 1, line 3 (of La vision de saint Paul, line 18 overall):
- & aidez moi a translater
- & help me to translate
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of translater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
Descendants edit
- → Middle English: translaten, translat, translate
- English: translate
- Middle French: translater
- French: translater