The phrase "act as a translator" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to fulfill the role or function of a translator. Example: "During the business meeting, Jane will act as a translator for the foreign clients who do not speak English."
Because he could speak English, Burnquist offered to act as translator and guide.
As a British subject, John Matthew Ottoson was to return twice to Japan, the second time with the Royal Navy in 1854, to act as translator during the negotiations that opened Japan up to British trade.
When Sadler's Wells theatre announced its new season on Thursday with top billing for the superlative Russian ballet dancer Natalia Osipova, sitting by her side to act as translator was another star dancer, and "bad boy of ballet", the Ukrainian Sergei Polunin.
Any risk of players becoming lazy or not grafting would immediately be resolved by ferocious expletive-laden rants – Nani could act as translator – and, in turn, maybe the Conference North team could gain some Spanish players on loan to ensure another triumph.
And as litigations often require the testimony of renowned scientists as expert witnesses Dilmore is often asked to act as "translator".
In effect, they act as translators between Java byte-code and the physical hardware's machine language.
He has enlisted Afghan students at M.I.T. to act as translators so that he can conduct interviews with anyone the robot meets.
Dei Thluai, from Myanmar, barely speaks a word of English, but with the help of universal hand gestures and a few women who act as translators, she has become a popular fixture in the class.
The Apple iPod, for example, comes with Apple's iTunes program for Macintosh and MusicMatch Jukebox for Windows and includes the necessary drivers (programs that act as translators between the player and software) for the iPod.
