The phrase "a device that translates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a gadget or tool that converts information from one form or language to another.
Example: "The new smartphone features a device that translates multiple languages in real-time, making communication easier for travelers."
Alternatives: "a tool that converts" or "an apparatus that interprets".
Then he ran a cable from a computer to a clinical waveform generator, a device that translates heart rhythm and blood pressure into electrical impulses, and which biomedical engineers use to test the accuracy of hospital equipment.
While the work is still in the early stages, researchers ultimately envision a device that translates images from a digital camera into neural impulses and then feeds that information into the visual system, allowing the wearer to see.
A shopper with a computer and a modem, a device that translates computer language into tones that can be transmitted over telephone lines, can call Realnet's number in Belmont, Mass., and browse electronically through the listings.
And months of training on a virtual-reality simulator will have prepared the teenager — selected from a pool of 10 candidates — to do all this using a device that translates thoughts into actions.
Harbisson helped develop the "eyeborg," a device that translates colors into sounds, giving him the distinction of being the world's first officially recognized cyborg.
In his 1976 history, "World of Our Fathers," Irving Howe argued that for the waves of Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century, blackface was not a denial of their ethnicity, but a device that translated it to America.
For example, Touch Lab researchers are studying the effects of vision and sound on the touch perception of subjects who interact with a computer through a haptic interface (a robotic device that translates the touch and feel of virtual objects to the user).
Though the word "Eyeborg" might sound like the name of a robot from a sci-fi film, it's actually a cybernetic device that translates sound into colour.
Ili, a wearable device that translates speech in real time, was marketed earlier this year using a video that showed one man's attempt to kiss supposed Japanese strangers.
Research Scientist Cagatay Basdogan is manipulating the liver with a robotic device that translates the touch and feel of virtual objects to the user.
The suite also features a bed filled with an anti-aging agent, 'pet plants' that require a certain amount of affection from their human caretakers in order to maintain a healthy equilibrium, and a special communication device that translates written words in a universal musical code.
