Synonyms and antonyms of Speaking or translating other languages in American Thesaurus

Anglo (noun)

Canadian an anglophone

anglophone (noun)

someone who speaks English as one of their main languages

bilingual (adjective)

someone who is bilingual is able to speak two languages extremely well

bilingual (adjective)

involving or written in two languages

bilingualism (noun)

the use of two languages by a person or group

code switching (noun)

the practice of changing from using one variety or register of language to another, for example between a more formal and more informal style of speech

communicative competence (noun)

the ability to communicate well in a language

encode (verb)

linguistics to express what you want to say in a language. To decode words in a language is to understand them when you see or hear them.

false beginner (noun)

someone who starts to study a language from the beginning again, although they already have a slight knowledge of it

fidelity (noun)

formal the degree to which something is an accurate copy or translation of something else

fluency (noun)

the ability to speak a foreign language very well

fluent (adjective)

able to speak a foreign language very well

francophone (adjective)

speaking French as the main language. Someone who is francophone can be called a francophone.

in (adjective)

using a particular language

interpret (verb)

to translate what someone is saying in one language into another language so that someone else can understand it

interpreter (noun)

someone whose job is to translate what a speaker is saying in one language into another language so that someone else can understand it

into (preposition)

used for stating what language something is translated to

know (verb)

to be able to speak a language

literal (adjective)

a literal translation is one in which each word is translated separately in a way that does not sound natural

literally (adverb)

if you translate something literally, you translate each word separately in a way that does not sound natural

lose something in translation/interpretation etc. ()

to not be as effective or accurate when translated or performed in another way, etc.

machine translation (noun)

the translation of a piece of writing from one language to another by a computer

make yourself understood ()

to know enough of another language to be able to deal with ordinary situations

monolingual (adjective)

speaking, writing, or using only one language

multilingual (adjective)

able to speak several different languages well

multilingual (adjective)

written or spoken in several different languages

multilingualism (noun)

the use of more than two languages by a person or group

native speaker (noun)

someone who has learned a particular language from the time that they began to speak

non-native speaker (noun)

someone who is learning a language they did not learn to speak as a child; also called NNS

order of acquisition (noun)

the order in which people are thought to acquire grammar items when learning a language

plurilingualism (noun)

the ability to use skills in a number of different languages for effective communication. Plurilingualism is one of the goals of the CEFR.

polyglot (adjective)

formal speaking or using several languages

polyglot (noun)

formal someone who can speak several languages

render (verb)

formal to translate something

rendering (noun)

formal a translation

second-language acquisition (noun)

the process by which people learn a language that is not their native language

SLA (noun)

second-language acquisition

speak (verb)

to be able to talk in a particular language

speaker (noun)

someone who is able to speak a particular language

speech community (noun)

all the people who speak a particular language, even if they live in many different parts of the world

subtitles (noun)

a translation of what people are saying in a foreign language movie or television program, that appears at the bottom of the screen

target language (noun)

the language that you are learning or translating something into

transcribe (verb)

to write something written in the alphabet of one language using the alphabet of another language

transfer (noun)

linguistics the effect that one language, especially a speaker's first language, has on another

translate (verb)

to change spoken or written words into another language

translate (verb)

to be changed into a different language, or to be capable of being understood in a different language

translation (noun)

spoken or written words that have been changed into a different language

translation (noun)

the activity of changing spoken or written words into a different language

translator (noun)

someone who changes spoken or written words into another language, especially as their job

transliterate (verb)

to write a word from one language using the alphabet of a different language

trilingual (adjective)

able to speak three languages

trilingual (adjective)

involving three languages, or written in three languages