Traduir

Traduir is a Catalan verb meaning to translate. It is used to describe the act of rendering text or speech from one language into another, and it appears across everyday language, literature, education, and technology contexts.

The verb originates from Latin traducere, meaning to lead across or bring over. It has cognates in other Romance languages, such as Spanish traducir and French traduire, reflecting common Latin roots and semantic development in the Iberian and Gallo-Romance families. In Catalan, traducir-like forms are standard in contemporary usage, with adaptations that fit Catalan morphology and pronunciation.

Traduir is transitive and typically requires a direct object describing what is being translated (for example, a text) and, in many cases, a specification of source and target languages, such as translating from English to Catalan. It is commonly found in academic, editorial, and computer-translation contexts, as well as in everyday language when people discuss translating documents, websites, or conversations.

Conjugation and grammar follow Catalan patterns for verbs ending in -ir, with some irregularities in the present tense. The present tense forms include jo tradueixo (I translate), tu tradueixes, ell/ella tradueix, and other forms that align with the standard -ir verb paradigm while employing diacritic marks to preserve pronunciation. Beyond the present tense, traduïr also forms other tenses and moods according to regular Catalan verb conjugation rules, with variations typical for irregular or semi-regular -ir verbs.

In usage, traduir is commonly paired with nouns for languages and texts, and it coexists with related terms such as traducció (the act or result of translating) and traductor or traductora (translator).