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noun a person who translates written messages from one language to another
noun someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
noun a program that translates one programming language into another
originDirectly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0