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Translate = 翻译 [fān yì]

Translate: 翻译 (fān yì)

Translate = 翻译 [fān yì]

A smiling cat sits in a box labeled “Google translate,” with the words “smiling cat” written around it in half a dozen languages. Every one of them is a 翻译.

翻译 (fānyì) means “to translate” or “translation,” and also “translator” or “interpreter.” 翻 means to turn over, and 译 means to translate.

To translate into a language, use 把……翻译成……: 把这句话翻译成英文 (bǎ zhè jù huà fānyì chéng Yīngwén), translate this sentence into English.

你能帮我翻译一下吗? — Nǐ néng bāng wǒ fānyì yíxià ma? — Could you help me translate this?

她是一名翻译。 — Tā shì yì míng fānyì. — She is a translator.

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