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translator

[trans-ley-ter, tranz-, trans-ley-ter, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪ tər, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪ tər, ˈtrænz- /


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Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for "Taiwan Travelogue", a playful postcolonial novel with a culinary bent.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

"We've gone through so much hardship and suffering, and no achievements for people?" said translator Azadeh, 43.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Lingard had a translator at FC Seoul, but is navigating life in Brazil without one.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Mr. Hahn is a translator himself—chiefly of fiction, from Spanish, Portuguese and French—and a former chair of Britain’s Translators Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

After he was introduced by a LiNK staffer, he said hello to the students in Korean and asked, through a translator, if they had any questions.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden



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