在單詞translate (翻譯）中有個常用的前綴trans-，它原是拉丁介詞，基本含義為across，over, beyond，即表示 “穿、越、 超”之意。當(dāng)它出現(xiàn)在拉丁借詞中時，有trans-和tra-兩個異體。trans-用在以s開頭的詞根前，tran-出現(xiàn)在少數(shù)以d, j, m, v開頭的詞根前。15世紀(jì)以后，也作用派生前綴與單詞結(jié)合，這時它沒有形態(tài)變化。

下面先介紹以原生詞綴trans-開頭的幾個常用詞。

transact [ trans- = across 穿過；act = to drive 驅(qū)使=>“to drive or carry across 使通過”→]v. carry on; manage 執(zhí)行；辦理 / It took him ten minutes to transact his business at bank. 處理銀行事務(wù)花了他10分鐘時間。

transaction n. 辦理；執(zhí)行；交易；事務(wù)

transfer [ trans- = across 穿過;fer =to bear 運載=>“ to bear across 運到又對面去”→]v. remove from one person or place to another; hand over 轉(zhuǎn)移；傳遞 / This firm has been transferred to my son. 這公司已經(jīng)移交給我兒子了。

transference n. 轉(zhuǎn)移；調(diào)動；轉(zhuǎn)讓 

transferor n. 轉(zhuǎn)讓人 

transferee n. 受讓人

transferable a. 可轉(zhuǎn)移的；可轉(zhuǎn)讓的

translate [ trans- = across 到另一方；lat = to carry 帶；e=>“to carry an idea into another language將某種意思帶到另一種語言去 ”→]v. change into another language 翻譯 / He is translating a book from French into English. 他正把一本法文書翻譯成英文。

translation n. 翻譯；譯文，譯本