TRANSLATOR in a Sentence

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For TRANSLATOR, below is one of 81 sentences:
In that office he translated the old church language about a sense of mission, redirecting it to the nation.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRANSLATOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
translator
 n.  someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
 n.  a program that translates one programming language into another
Classic Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  Perhaps the translator found it a difficult matter to be sentimental in a language in which a sob is known as a gukcziojimas and a smile as a nusiszypsojimas.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  When Lily woke on the morning after her translation to the Emporium Hotel, her first feeling was one of purely physical satisfaction.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
3  Thus a literal translation of the.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
4  Though rendered less connected by many and general interruptions and outbreakings, a translation of their language would have contained a regular descant, which, in substance, might have proved to possess a train of consecutive ideas.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
5  My letter is only a translation of the German song I wanted.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
6  As I exchanged a translation for an exercise, I happened to look his way: there I found myself under the influence of the ever-watchful blue eye.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  This was the mitigated translation of his first indignation.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP
8  Which is the translation of remaining tranquil.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
9  The translation of this new question occupied another five minutes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 93. Valentine.
10  Only then Levin recollected the title of the fantasia, and made haste to read in the Russian translation the lines from Shakespeare that were printed on the back of the program.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 5
11  My subject is Greek, and the first of the papers consists of a large passage of Greek translation which the candidate has not seen.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
12  In the desk lay a manuscript translation of Hauptmann's Michael Kramer, the stage directions of which were written in purple ink, and a little sheaf of papers held together by a brass pin.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
13  , a translation of which is appended to the present.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
14  "Ask her," said Morrel, translating Noirtier's thought this time by his look.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 93. Valentine.
15  While Krajiek was translating for Mr. Shimerda, Antonia came up to me and held out her hand coaxingly.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
16  He has translated her latest book into Korean.
17  He has translated the English poem into Chinese.
18  He translated what I said in English into Chinese.
19  He translated the fight to the public arena.
20  All of her major plays have been translated into English.
21  In that office he translated the old church language about a sense of mission, redirecting it to the nation.
22  The guide is being translated into several languages for publication near Christmas.
23  Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.
24  Thus another, better system must be adopted and translated into policy by planners and administrators.
25  The possibility of the book being translated is provided for in your contract.
26  He doesn't understand Greek, so I offered to translate.
27  How far the president will be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen.
28  Please translate this article from Chinese into English.
29  These jokes would be far too difficult to translate.
30  We were asked to translate a list of sentences.