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translate (TRANS layt, TRANZ layt, trans LAYT, tranz LAYT) (verb), translates; translated; translating
1. To change or transfer from one set of symbols to another: Henry agreed to translate the document from German into English for Marilyn.

George, can you translate this list of measurements from Imperial measurements into Metric measurements, please?

2. To move or to change either a physical location or the appearance of something: The king agreed to translate his court from the city to the country estate of his friend.

Mark's friend slowly started to translate from being a simple country boy into an active city guy.

3. To explain or to interpret: Mary, would you like Mark to translate that complicated legal document into plain English?
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Translating Politgabble

Related to the Obfuscation Chart is this list of “Translating Politgabble” by a teacher named William Lambdin of Colorado:

  • Decentralizing the Government: Akin to dehorning a herd of stampeding bulls.
  • Fact-Finding Trip: A mission during which a candidate discovers the alcoholic content of drinks made in foreign countries.
  • Government Reform: a plan for tennis courts, swimming pools and rooftop restaurants in congressional office buildings.
  • In the National Interest: Used to express the preferences of Wall Street and Chase Manhattan Bank.
  • Lunatic Fringe: A geographic term designating the coastline of California.
  • Ship of State: An over-inflated rubber raft hurling out of control down a huge, economic drain.
  • Urban Renewal: Relocating the ghettos; for profit, of course.
  • Viable solutions: The used baptismal waters of officials in power.
  • War Against Inflation: A limited war, like that fought in Vietnam and Korea, which the government has no intention of winning.
  • Whirlwind Campaign: The important word in this phrase is wind.
  • Will of the People: An expression not heard when politicians talk of their own salaries.
This entry is located in the following unit: Focusing on Words Newsletter #13 (page 1)