översätt

Översätt is a Swedish verb meaning to translate text or speech from one language into another. It is used for rendering content such as books, articles, websites, and dialogue in a different language. The term covers both manual translation by a person and automated translation produced by software. The related noun is översättning (the act of translating).

Grammatical note: Översätt is a regular verb in Swedish. Infinitive is översätta; present tense form is översätter; simple past is översatte; supine form is översatt, used with perfect tenses (har översatt). The imperative mood is Översätt (Translate!). The participle översatt functions as both the past participle (translated) and an adjective, as in en översatt text (a translated text).

Usage and nuance: Översätta distinguishes rendering meaning across languages from tolka, which more often implies interpretation, as in oral or situational interpretation. In practice, översätta can refer to literary translation, technical translation, localization, and machine translation. In professional contexts, översättning is the noun for the work of translating, and översättare denotes a person who translates.

Terminology and related concepts: In modern usage, discussions of översättning frequently involve translation quality, terminology management, and translation memory tools (översättningsminne). Machine translation (maskinöversättning) is widely used as a supplement to human översättning, especially for initial drafts or large corpora.

See also: translation, language, linguistics.