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A translator is a person who helps people who speak different languages to communicate or who takes something (such as a speech or a book) in one language and who puts it into a different language for people to understand. (noun)

An example of a translator is a person who speaks French and English who attends a meeting where he listens to the French speak and then repeats what they said in English and vice versa.

See translator in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

one that translates; specif.,

a person or machine that translates books, articles, etc. from one language into another
a person who translates speech; interpreter

See translator in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(trănsˈlāˌtər, trănzˈ-, trăns-lāˈtər, trănz-)

noun

One that translates, especially:
a. One employed to render written works into another language.
b. A computer program or application that renders one language or data format into another.
An interpreter.

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