Translator: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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There are thousands of languages spoken around the world, so translators have lots of different word puzzles to solve!
Through history
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Long ago
Long ago, people who knew two languages carried messages between kings and traders so they could understand each other.
Tools of the trade
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Dictionary
A dictionary is a big book of words. Translators use it to find the right word in another language.
A day in the job
- MorningThe translator reads a letter or a story slowly, then thinks about how each sentence sounds in the new language.
Words to know
- Translate
- To translate means to change words from one language into another, so everyone can understand the meaning.
Quiz time
A translator must change every word exactly one by one, and that always makes sense.
A translator can help a child learn the rules of a board game from another country.