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Translator   /trænslˈeɪtər/  /trænzlˈeɪtər/   Listen
noun
Translator  n.  
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.
2.
(Teleg.) A repeating instrument. (Eng.)





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