a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) ix. l. 68 If where I seme to þe to erre in þe translatyng, ask þe hebrews.

a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 430 (MED) Wel y woot defaute may be in vntrewe translating, as myȝten haue be many defautis in turnyng fro ebreu in-to greu, & fro greu in-to lateyn, & fro o langage in-to anoþer.

1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie i. f. 16 There was no cause..to crie vpon Wilfull corruption, or Violent translating of one worde for an other.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents To Rdr. sig. A5^v The second exception taken against the former Treatise, was the not englishing or translating of the Latine verses.

1684 Bp. G. Burnet in tr. T. More Utopia Pref. sig. A3 The refining and polishing a Language,..the translating of Books into it.

1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero Pref. sig. A8 The translating of most of the French Letters gave me as much trouble as if I had written them out of my own Fund.

1734 J. Jacob in tr. J. Barclay Adventures Poliarchus & Argenis Pref. p. xii I believe I may be so bold as to advance that such translating of Language into Language is only allowable to Translators of the Holy Scriptures.

1837 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 281 Modern foreign languages..should be taught not merely by native teachers, but by Americans. The writing, pronouncing, and speaking, should be under the exclusive control of the former, and the translating into English, together with the grammatical principles, should be superintended by the latter.

1876 T. McClatchie in tr. Classic of Change p. v The mere translating of the Yih King is not without difficulties; but to decipher the system taught therein, is impossible without some knowledge of other pagan systems.

1904 Amer. Machinist 23 June 829/3 This rule is graduated to millimeters on one side and to inches on the other side, and if there is any translating of measurements to be done I use this rule.

1947 Amer. Math. Monthly Jan. 59 The present methods of coding or translating from mathematical symbols to machine language are given in some detail.

1968 College Music Symp. 8 47 The scope must be broadened to include the translating of musicological literature in the Slavic languages and other less available languages.

2006 P. Rusesabagina & T. Zoellner Ordinary Man iv. 86 They were known as Interahamwe, which means either ‘those who stand together’ or ‘those who attack together’, depending on who is doing the translating.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 141 (MED) If eny þing schulde excuse me fro þe seid translatyng, þilk þing schulde be a constreynyng bi gretter yuel þretenyd; and þilk þing is not in þis caas, for y go ferþir þan y am constreynyd to go, about þe tresour..þat y schulde ȝeue it to hem.

1473–4 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael, Cornhill (1869) 55 Payde for tranlatyng [read translatyng] of the Meyres pue.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig.C.vij/2 Justification of life therefore is..a quickning or translating from death to life.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 55 The translating of the Imperiall seate, from Rome to Constantinople.

1642 J. Cotton Brief Expos. Canticles xiii. 246 The Churches prayer unto Christ, that he may hasten the translating of them into heaven in the end of the world.

1699 J. Howe Disc. Redeemer's Dominion 193 Our Redeemer hath acquired, and doth use these Keys, for the translating of Souls, assoon as he shall judge them meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of Saints in Light.

1725 R. Burrow Meletemata Darringtoniana App. 13 He [sc. Shimei] found these hopes blasted by the translating of the Crown from the House of Saul to David.

1818 J. Colquhoun Treat. Covenant of Grace 271 The translating of Enoch soul and body, into heaven, in the age of the Patriarchs.

c1820 L. Richmond Negro Servant iii. 15 How manifestly is the uncontrouled sovereignty of the Divine will exercised, in the calling and translating of sinners from darkness to light!

1841 Monthly Chron. Apr. 299 The general assembly has laid down certain rules with respect to the translating of ministers from one parish to another.

1937 Church Q. Rev. Jan. 284 The recommendations of the Commission appointed during Peel's premiership..rendered the translating of bishops from one see to another less frequent.

2008 D. M. Perry in T. F. Madden Fourth Crusade 90 The looting and translating of relics from Constantinople to the West.

1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 225 To the Inglis tailȝour for translating of tua gownis for the quene viij s.

1535 Wardrobe Acct. Henry VIII in Archaeologia (1789) 9 246 For translating of a gowne of blacke veluette.

1580 in J. Arnold Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd (1988) 197/1 Translatinge and styffenynge of a half verthinglae of watchett and strawe colour taphata.

1602 Tailor's Acct. Bk. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Translating For translating of ȝour lordship's blak satene dowblit—xl s.

1684 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 312 For transleting of the three hearses.

1824 J. Wight Mornings at Bow St. 244 Mrs Wolf is of a profession nearly allied to translating, only she operates upon gowns, and petticoats, and ‘chemises’, instead of shoes.

1865 Cassell's Illustr. Family Paper 15 Apr. 181/3 They [sc. old clothes] are now past ‘clobbering’, ‘reviving’, or ‘translating’.

1627 R. Hatton in tr. Ovid Walnut-tree Transplanted Ep. Ded. sig. A4^v The gardner, Who being but a fresh apprentice to the translating trade, may iustly feare that this Latine plant will bee thought more rudely battered by his rough English penne.

1710 J. Strype Hist. E. Grindal i. ii. 13 While he was in his Translating Work he met with divers knotty Matters and Difficulties, especially in Winchester's Stile.

1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 17 Nov. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 211 When that booby Bus[by] sent his translating prospectus, she subscribed.

1847 tr. W. Hauff in Sharpe's London Mag. 16 Jan. 187/1 Professor Lux, who..discovered his translating machine.

1899 Brit. & Foreign State Papers, 1892–3 85 4 In the case of a work for which the translating right has fallen into the public domain, the translator cannot oppose the translation of the same work by other writers.

1943 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Dec. 578/4 Giving an important translating job to someone without the necessary technical knowledge of the theme.

2013 M. van Groesen in H. J. Cook & S. Dupré Translating Knowl. in Early Mod. Low Countries 119 There were..practical advantages in hiring local schoolmasters or other learned men, who lived and worked in the town and were likely to be available to do translating work for a considerable period of time.

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. ix. 7 We came to the Subteranian Ware-house of an Eminent Dealer in Old Boots, Shooes and Slippers..; the front of his Translating Cavern, being adorn'd with such sundry sorts of Leathern Conveniences, that I could not but think he was the only Humane Farrier, appointed to Shooe all the inferiour Quality at this end of the Town.

1886 All Year Round 4 Dec. 423/1 There are two or three cobblers in the street who work at home for the second-hand or ‘translating’ trade.

1895 Methodist Mag. Feb. 156/2 I used to get a trifle more when I worked for a translating shop than now I am cobbling on my own account, but I'd rather be as I am.

1864 Mechanics' Mag. 4 Mar. 152/3 The printing relay..consists of an electromagnetic system similar to that of the translating relay.

1905 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy xi. 235 Translating relays are required for the intercommunication between stations.

1890 A. Victorin U.S. Patent 426,403 1/1 An improved construction of the rotatable translating roller or cylinder by which the breech-block is forced into and withdrawn from the breech.

1944 Seacoast Artillery ii. 20 Translating roller type... There are mounted in our fortifications many guns equipped with breech mechanisms.

1878 Rep. Chief of Ordnance in Rep. Secretary of War III. 359 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (45th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 1, Pt. 2) VI The different pieces of mechanism... Consist of the locking-plate a, the translating screw b, and the locking-screw c.

1979 Product Engin. June 73/1 Each of three basic units may be specified with upright or inverted translating screw or rotating screw.

1855 C. F. Varley Brit. Patent 1318 The instruments are used in pairs at the translating station.

1913 A. F. Collins Man. Wireless Telegr. & Teleph. (ed. 3) xi. 225 The signal is used by the translating station to show that a translation has been completed, and the station is now ready to receive further messages.

1645 A. Grosse Christ Christians Choice 13 He is united unto Christ with a translating and transforming union, an union transforming him into the very image of Christ.

1648 R. Prier Looking-glass for Proud Pharisee xi. 355 But when this abundant grace, this translating grace, came into my heart; then I, that thought my self to be righteous, did see my self to be the chiefest of sinners.

1704 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. 233 See these translating Gentlemen translated to the Quarter of Lunatics.

1792 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Sept. in Papers (1990) XXIV. 355 Such an one..would have brought forward a charge against me for having appointed the poet Freneau translating clerk to my office.

1825 W. T. Moncrieff All at Coventry (rev. ed.) Advt. 3 The characters of Tommy and his Father, were sketched from life: the translating barber and his classical son, really lived on Mutton Hill.

1860 A. Bell in tr. F.-X. Garneau Hist. Canada I. Pref. p. iii An initial B. superadded, plainly shows the amount of material for which the translating editor alone is responsible.

1904 R. Small Hist. Congregations United Presbyterian Church I. 552 The court came to adjudicate upon a translating call to Mr. Jaffray from Dalry.

2005 S. Bernofsky Foreign Words i. 4 All three of these translating authors deviated from the norms that had implicitly come to govern the translator's work by the time they began their translations.