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translating, vbl. n.|trɑːnsˈleɪtɪŋ, træns-, -nz-|
[f. translate v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. translate; translation, in various senses.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xi. (1885) 137 With owt translatynge þeroff to any oþer vse. 1474Churchw. Acc. St. Mich., Cornhill (Camden), Payde for translatyng of the meyres pue. 1535in Archæologia IX. 246 For translating of a gowne of blacke veluette. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 63 The translating of the Imperiall seate, from Rome to Constantinople. 1683Burnet tr. More's Utopia Pref. 1 The refining and polishing a Language,..the translating of Books into it. 1904Q. Rev. July 7 Translating is a large industry, as any English reviewer of the last ten years can testify.
b. attrib., as translating-right, translating-trade; translating-relay (Telegr.): see relay n.1 4; translating-roller, -screw (Mech.), a screw which moves a part of a mechanism in relation to the other parts; translating-station (Telegr.), a station at which an automatic repeater is introduced.
1905Preece & Sivewright Telegr. xi. 235 *Translating relays are required for the intercommunication between stations.
1911Webster, *Translating-roller (Ordnance) a double-threaded screw for drawing a breech-block longitudinally from its place in the breech.
1891Cent. Dict., *Translating-screw,..spec., in breech-loading ordnance, a screw for moving in or out the wedge in the fermeture.
1855Patent Office Specif. No. 314 The instruments are used in pairs at the *translating station.
1894Sala London up to Date 263 The ‘Cobbler's Last’, that well-known organ of the boot and shoe ‘*translating’ trade. |