noun
A person who translates written text from one language to another. For oral translation, 通訳者 (つうやくしゃ) is used.
彼女はプロの翻訳者として小説を翻訳している。
She translates novels as a professional translator.
この契約書は翻訳者に頼んで英語にしてもらった
I had a translator put this contract into English.
The act or process of translation; 翻訳者 is the person who performs it.
Compound of 翻訳 (ほんやく, 'translation') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The word 翻訳 is itself composed of 翻 (turn over, change) and 訳 (translate).