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Common collocations with translate in American Collocation

translate verb

US /trænsˈleɪt/

in a way that gives the general meaning

freely
loosely
roughly

The motto ‘Vocati Veniemus’ may be freely translated as ‘when summoned we shall be there’.

in a way that gives the exact meaning of each word

literally

The title of Proust’s masterpiece, if translated literally into English, is not ‘The Remembrance of Things Past’, but ‘The Search for Past Time’.

correctly

accurately
correctly

Getting your business cards accurately translated and properly typeset is absolutely essential.

usually

usually

‘Carpe Diem’ is usually translated from the Latin as ‘seize the day’.