Scribd
Upload
4K views3 pages

Translators and Its Types

A translator takes source code written in a high-level language and converts it to a target language like machine code. There are different types of translators: compilers translate the entire program at once and report errors, interpreters translate line by line and report errors as they occur, and assemblers translate assembly language to machine code. Compilers are faster but require more memory, while interpreters are slower but use memory more efficiently.

Uploaded by

Priyanshu Pandey
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
4K views3 pages

Translators and Its Types

A translator takes source code written in a high-level language and converts it to a target language like machine code. There are different types of translators: compilers translate the entire program at once and report errors, interpreters translate line by line and report errors as they occur, and assemblers translate assembly language to machine code. Compilers are faster but require more memory, while interpreters are slower but use memory more efficiently.

Uploaded by

Priyanshu Pandey
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

What is Translators

A program written in high-level language is called as source code. To convert the


source code into machine code, translators are needed.
A translator takes a program written in source language as input and converts it
into a program in target language as output.
It also detects and reports the error during translation.
Roles of translator are:
• Translating the high-level language program input into an equivalent machine
language program.
• Providing diagnostic messages wherever the programmer violates specification
of the high-level language program.

Different type of translators


The different types of translator are as follows:
Compiler

Compiler is a translator which is used to convert programs in high-level language


to low-level language. It translates the entire program and also reports the errors
in source program encountered during the translation.

               
Interpreter

Interpreter is a translator which is used to convert programs in high-level language


to low-level language. Interpreter translates line by line and reports the error once
it encountered during the translation process.
It directly executes the operations specified in the source program when the input
is given by the user.
It gives better error diagnostics than a compiler.

               
                                 Differences between compiler and interpreter
 

SI. Compiler Interpreter


No

1 Performs the translation of a program Performs statement by statement


as a whole. translation.

2 Execution is faster. Execution is slower.

3 Requires more memory as linking is Memory usage is efficient as no


needed for the generated intermediate intermediate object code is
object code. generated.

4 Debugging is hard as the error It stops translation when the first


messages are generated after error is met. Hence, debugging is
scanning the entire program only. easy.

5 Programming languages like C, C++ Programming languages


uses compilers. like Python, BASIC, and Ruby
uses interpreters.

Assembler

Assembler is a translator which is used to translate the assembly language code


into machine language code.
             

You might also like