How to Refer to Translation in Spanish

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Translation is important in any language; you are converting text from one language to another. Perhaps, though, you are learning Spanish. You want to refer to translation in Spanish and you want to know the verb for "translate".

Steps

  1. Know the verb for "to translate" in Spanish. It is not "translatar" in case you would think it is. Rather, it is traducir. Also note that the present participle is "traduciendo" and the past participle is "traducido". You will be using these when referring to something that is being translated, or something that was translated.
  2. Note the nouns. "Traductor" is a translator and "traducción" is a translation. You will also be using these a lot. For example, "los traducciónes" means "the translations".

Conjugating the Verb "Traducir"

  1. Conjugate in the present tense. The present tense conjugations are as follows:
    • Yo: traduzco
    • Tú: traduces
    • Él/ella/usted: traduce
    • Nosotros: traducimos
    • Vosotros: traducís
    • Ellos/ellas/ustedes: traducen
  2. Conjugate in the preterite. There is once again a stem change where the letter "j" is inserted. Here are the conjugations you will be using for the preterite tense.
    • Yo: traduje
    • Tú: tradujiste
    • Él/ella/usted: tradujo
    • Nosotros: tradujemos
    • Vosotros: tradujisteis
    • Ellos/ellas/ustedes: tradujeron
  3. Move on to the past imperfect tense. The conjugations start to get more regular in the past imperfect tense.
    • Yo: traducía
    • Tú: traducías
    • Él/ella/usted (3rd person singular): traducía
    • Nosotros: traducíamos
    • Vosotros (2nd person plural, used primarily in Spain): traducíais
    • Ellos/ellas/ustedes (2nd/3rd person plural): traducían
  4. Conjugate in the conditional tense. In English this means "I would translate", "I could translate", etc. Keep the infinitive and add the endings as follows.
    • Yo: traduciría
    • Tú: traducirías
    • Él/ella/usted: traduciría
    • Nosotros: traduciríamos
    • Vosotros: traduciraís
    • Ellos/ellas/ustedes: traducirían
  5. Refer to translating in the future. You can use one of the conjugations for the verb "ir" and then the infinitive of "traducir", or you can use one of the future tense conjugations.
    • Yo: traduciré
    • Tú: traducirás
    • Él/ella/usted: traducirá
    • Nosotros: traduciremós
    • Vosotros: traduciréis
    • Ellos/ellas/ustedes: traducirán

Names of Languages in Spanish

  1. Note the "pet names" of languages in Spanish, these include:
    • English - ingles
    • Spanish - espanol
    • Arabic - árabe
    • French - francés
    • Italian - italiano
  2. Use one of the above conjugations for "traducir" or one of the nouns describing translation, such as "traducción". Do this when you need to create a sentence referring to translation. For example, you could say "voy a traducirlo en ingles" ("I'm going to translate it into English") or "traducción en italiano" ("translation in Italian").
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