Roleset translate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "change (language)":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of transformation


Arg1:thing changing


Arg2:end state


Arg3:start state

Examples:

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


passive, unstated start state (-)
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 are translated *trace* into dollars.
REL:	translated
Arg1:	*trace* -> they
Arg2-into:	dollars

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


passive without trace (-)
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-DIS:	probably
REL:	translated
Arg2-into:	about 5 % to 7 % in dollar terms , well below recent quarters ' gains of above 20 %

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


all args (-)
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.