Predicate: translate

translate: Frames file for 'translate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: translate.01 , change (language), vncls: 26.6.1, framnet: Translating , Translating , Be_translation_equivalent , Categorization

translate.01: Comparison with 'change'. Member of Vncls turn-26.6.1. Updated by Julia.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of transformation (vnrole: 26.6.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing changing (vnrole: 26.6.1-patient)
        Arg2: end state (vnrole: 26.6.1-product)
        Arg3: start state (vnrole: 26.6.1-material)

Example: passive, unstated start state

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        The profit gain was made despite a weakening in the housing
        market, for which the company is a supplier, and a strengthening
        in the dollar, which lowers the value of overseas earnings when
        [they]-1 are translated *trace*-1 into dollars.

        Rel: translated
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: into dollars

Example: ergative

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        That gain probably translated into about 5% to 7% in dollar terms,
        well below recent quarters' gains of above 20%, reckons Jay
        Stevens of Dean Witter Reynolds.

        Arg1: That gain
        Argm-adv: probably
        Rel: translated
        Arg2: into about 5 % to 7 % in dollar terms , well below recent quarters ' gains of above 20 %

Example: all args

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John translated his dissertation from English into Swahili,
        Chinese, Russian, and Yiddish.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: translated
        Arg1: his dissertation
        Arg3: from English
        Arg2: into Swahili, Chinese, Russian, and Yiddish.