翻訳者
解説 Definition
translators は translator(翻訳者、通訳者)の複数形で、文章や発言を別の言語に訳す人たちを指します。翻訳を行うソフトウェアや機器を指す場合もあります。
Translators are people who render written or spoken material from one language into another while preserving its meaning as accurately and naturally as possible. The plural may also refer to software or devices that perform language translation.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- 職業上の区別では、translators は主に文章の翻訳、interpreters はその場での音声や手話の通訳を担当します。 In professional usage, translators mainly work with written text, while interpreters handle live spoken or signed communication.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
translate「翻訳する」と、人を表す -or を結び付けて translator「翻訳者」を覚え、複数なら -s を加えます。二人の翻訳者が小説の言葉や文化的背景を確認する場面を想像しましょう。
Connect translator with translate and the agent ending -or, then add plural -s. Picture two translators checking the wording and cultural details of a novel.
例文
Two translators worked on the novel.
二人の翻訳者がその小説に取り組みました。
Professional translators often check cultural details as well as words.
プロの翻訳者は言葉だけでなく文化的な細部もよく確認します。
translators の類義語・関連語
translators の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 translatus(trans-「向こうへ」+ latus「運ばれた」)に由来し、「意味を別の言語へ運ぶ人」が原義。-or は動作主を表す接尾辞。関連語: transfer(移転)、translate(翻訳する)。言葉を国境の向こうへ届ける人というイメージ。
Translators is the plural of translator. Translator is built from translate and the agent suffix -or, indicating a person or thing that performs an action. Translate ultimately comes from Latin translatus, the past participle of transferre, “to carry across,” combining trans-, “across,” with ferre, “to carry.” The historical image of carrying something across developed into carrying meaning from one language into another.
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