在单词translate (翻译）中有个常用的前缀trans-，它原是拉丁介词，基本含义为across，over, beyond，即表示 “穿、越、 超”之意。当它出现在拉丁借词中时，有trans-和tra-两个异体。trans-用在以s开头的词根前，tran-出现在少数以d, j, m, v开头的词根前。15世纪以后，也作用派生前缀与单词结合，这时它没有形态变化。

下面先介绍以原生词缀trans-开头的几个常用词。

transact [ trans- = across 穿过；act = to drive 驱使=>“to drive or carry across 使通过”→]v. carry on; manage 执行；办理 / It took him ten minutes to transact his business at bank. 处理银行事务花了他10分钟时间。

transaction n. 办理；执行；交易；事务

transfer [ trans- = across 穿过;fer =to bear 运载=>“ to bear across 运到又对面去”→]v. remove from one person or place to another; hand over 转移；传递 / This firm has been transferred to my son. 这公司已经移交给我儿子了。

transference n. 转移；调动；转让 

transferor n. 转让人 

transferee n. 受让人

transferable a. 可转移的；可转让的

translate [ trans- = across 到另一方；lat = to carry 带；e=>“to carry an idea into another language将某种意思带到另一种语言去 ”→]v. change into another language 翻译 / He is translating a book from French into English. 他正把一本法文书翻译成英文。

translation n. 翻译；译文，译本