translator Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who translates written messages from one language to another
    transcriber.
  2. noun someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
    interpreter.
  3. noun a program that translates one programming language into another
    translating program.

WordNet

Trans*lat"or noun
Etymology
L. translator: cf. F. translateur.
Definitions
  1. One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.
  2. (Teleg.) A repeating instrument. Eng.

Webster 1913