"translate directly" is a grammatically correct sentence fragment that can be used in written English.
For example, "Please review these instructions and translate directly into Spanish."
While the noun, "madrugada," can translate directly to dawn there is no one-word translation for the verb.
Greater skills translate directly into higher wages.
Savoir-faire does not translate directly from French.
Those reductions translate directly reductions in global emissions.
However, that nanoscale understanding doesn't translate directly into macroscale characteristics.
For fifth through eighth graders, their moods translate directly into academic performance.
You definitely did the right thing.' " And this ambiguity would often translate directly to the checkbook.
"Higher per capita income levels do not translate directly into higher average happiness levels," she writes.
Lower prices for Treasury bonds translate directly to higher interest rates earned on those bonds.
The benefits, which add little to the airline's costs, translate directly to the bottom line.
But rising auto sales do not translate directly into rising gasoline consumption.
