Types
If the translator translates a high level language into another high level language, it's called a translator. Examples include Haxe, FORTRAN-to-Ada translators, CHILL-to-C++ translators, PASCAL-to-C translators, COBOL(DialectA)-to-COBOL(DialectB) translators.
If the translator translates a high level language into a lower level language it is called a compiler. Notice that every language can be either translated into a (Turing-complete) high level or assembly language.
If the translator translates a high level language into an intermediate code which will be immediately executed it is called an interpreter.
If the translator translates target/machine code to source language it is called a decompiler. Example: DCC, Boomerang Decompilers and Reverse Engineering Compiler (REC).
If the translator translates assembly language to machine code it is called an assembler. Examples include MASM, TASM, NASM and FASM.
If the translator translates machine code into assembly language it is called a disassembler. Examples include gdb, IDA Pro and OllyDbg.
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