translater

English

Noun

translater (plural translaters)

1. (now generally proscribed) Alternative form of translator
   • 1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings, page 14:

     I built a translater there. The city of Claremont lies down in a deep hole, and in order to get them to get my signal in there I built a translater, and they are very happy. It works very nicely.

   • 1969, Clearinghouse Review, volume 3, page 547:

     Thus, client and counsel could not communicate without the aid of a translater, and Negron could not adequately participate in the conduct of his defense. A Spanish translater employed on behalf of the prosecution did translate to Negron his right to make peremptory challenges to prospective jurors […]

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French translater, from Old French translater, from Latin trānslatiāre (“movement”). Cognate with translate in English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

translater

1. (physics, mathematics) to translate

Conjugation

Conjugation of translater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	translater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	translatant /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		translaté /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/	translates /tʁɑ̃.slat/	translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/	translatons /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɔ̃/	translatez /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/	translatent /tʁɑ̃.slat/
	imperfect	translatais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/	translatais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/	translatait /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/	translations /tʁɑ̃.sla.tjɔ̃/	translatiez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tje/	translataient /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛ/
	past historic2	translatai /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/	translatas /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta/	translata /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta/	translatâmes /tʁɑ̃.sla.tam/	translatâtes /tʁɑ̃.sla.tat/	translatèrent /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɛʁ/
	future	translaterai /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁe/	translateras /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁa/	translatera /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁa/	translaterons /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɔ̃/	translaterez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁe/	translateront /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	translaterais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/	translaterais /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/	translaterait /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/	translaterions /tʁɑ̃.sla.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	translateriez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tə.ʁje/	translateraient /tʁɑ̃.sla.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/	translates /tʁɑ̃.slat/	translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/	translations /tʁɑ̃.sla.tjɔ̃/	translatiez /tʁɑ̃.sla.tje/	translatent /tʁɑ̃.slat/
	imperfect2	translatasse /tʁɑ̃.sla.tas/	translatasses /tʁɑ̃.sla.tas/	translatât /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta/	translatassions /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta.sjɔ̃/	translatassiez /tʁɑ̃.sla.ta.sje/	translatassent /tʁɑ̃.sla.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	translate /tʁɑ̃.slat/	—	translatons /tʁɑ̃.sla.tɔ̃/	translatez /tʁɑ̃.sla.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “translater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

translater

1. Alternative form of translatour

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French translater, from Latin translatio (“movement”). Cognate with English translate.

Verb

translater

1. to translate

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of translater

infinitive	simple	translater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	translatant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		translaté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	translate	translates	translate	translatons	translatez	translatent
	imperfect	translatois, translatoys	translatois, translatoys	translatoit, translatoyt	translations, translatyons	translatiez, translatyez	translatoient, translatoyent
	past historic	translata	translatas	translata	translatasmes	translatastes	translaterent
	future	translaterai, translateray	translateras	translatera	translaterons	translaterez	translateront
	conditional	translaterois, translateroys	translaterois, translateroys	translateroit, translateroyt	translaterions, translateryons	translateriez, translateryez	translateroient, translateroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	translate	translates	translate	translatons	translatez	translatent
	imperfect	translatasse	translatasses	translatast	translatassions	translatassiez	translatassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	translate	—	translatons	translatez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: translater

Old French

Etymology

From Latin translatio (“movement”). Cognate with English translate.

Verb

translater

1. (transitive) to translate
   • 13th century, Adam de Ross, La vision de Saint Paul, page 1, column 1, line 3 (of La vision de saint Paul, line 18 overall):

     & aidez moi a translater

     & help me to translate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of translater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		translater			avoir translaté
gerund		en translatant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		translatant
past participle		translaté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	translat	translates	translate	translatons	translatez	translatent
	imperfect	translatoie, translateie, translatoe, translateve	translatoies, translateies, translatoes, translateves	translatoit, translateit, translatot, translateve	translatiiens, translatiens	translatiiez, translatiez	translatoient, translateient, translatoent, translatevent
	preterite	translatai	translatas	translata	translatames	translatastes	translaterent
	future	translaterai	translateras	translatera	translaterons	translateroiz, translatereiz, translaterez	translateront
	conditional	translateroie, translatereie	translateroies, translatereies	translateroit, translatereit	translateriiens, translateriens	translateriiez, translateriez	translateroient, translatereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	translat	translaz	translat	translatons	translatez	translatent
	imperfect	translatasse	translatasses	translatast	translatissons, translatissiens	translatissoiz, translatissez, translatissiez	translatassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	translate	—	translatons	translatez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: translaten, translat, translate
  • English: translate
• Middle French: translater
  • French: translater