vt.

1. 翻译，转译[（+from/into）]
   The novel has been translated into many languages.

   这部小说已译成多种语言。

2. （用另外的词语）解释，说明，表达[（+into）]
   I translate his silence as a refusal.

   我把他的沉默解释为拒绝。

3. 使转化，使转变[（+into）]
   They started to translate into action the dreams of African unity.

   他们开始将统一非洲的梦想转化为行动。

4. 转移，调动[（+to）]
   After the war he was translated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

   战后，他被调到外交部工作。

5. 自动转发（电报）

vi.

1. 翻译；被翻译
   Many foreign expressions do not translate well into English.

   许多外国用语不容易译成英语。

   I can't understand Arabic. Will you translate for me?

   我不懂阿拉伯语，你能帮我翻译吗？

2. 从事翻译工作
3. （用另外的词语）解释，说明，表达
4. 转化，转变
   I wonder how your religious beliefs would translate into political action.

   我不知道你的宗教信仰如何转化为政治行动。

v.

1. express the sense of (words or text) in another language.
   ▸be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language.
2. (translate into or translate something into) be converted or convert something into (another form or medium).
   ▸Biology  convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino-acid sequence during protein synthesis.
3. move from one place or situation to another.
   ▸formal move (a bishop or, in Scotland, a minister) to another see or pastoral charge.
4. Physics  & Mathematics  cause to undergo translation.