மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்
“மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்” (moḻipeyarppāḷar) — translator in Tamil. Noun, level A2. mo-li-peyarp-paa-lar; the zh is that very curled sound of the word Tamil itself. In a live sentence: “மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் ஒப்பந்தத்தை தமிழில மாத்தினார்” — The translator rendered the contract into Tamil. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ம, ொ, ழ, ி, ப, ெ, ய, ர, ், ப, ், ப. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் |
| Read in Latin letters | moḻipeyarppāḷar |
| Translation | translator |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்moḻipeyarppāḷartranslator
How to pronounce it
mo-li-peyarp-paa-lar; the zh is that very curled sound of the word Tamil itself
Why it looks that way
Mozhi, 'language', plus peyarppu, 'carrying over'. A court interpreter is a dubaash — a trade of its own
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் ஒப்பந்தத்தை தமிழில மாத்தினார்moḻipeyarppāḷar oppandattai tamiḻila māttiṉārThe translator rendered the contract into Tamil
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “translator” in Tamil?
«மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்», read “moḻipeyarppāḷar”. mo-li-peyarp-paa-lar; the zh is that very curled sound of the word Tamil itself. In a live sentence: “மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் ஒப்பந்தத்தை தமிழில மாத்தினார்” — The translator rendered the contract into Tamil. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ம, ொ, ழ, ி, ப, ெ, ய, ர, ், ப, ், ப.
How is “மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்” written in Latin letters?
moḻipeyarppāḷar. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Mozhi, 'language', plus peyarppu, 'carrying over'. A court interpreter is a dubaash — a trade of its own. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.