linguist vs translator

linguist and translator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
linguist	Yes	No	No	No
translator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, translator is a hyponym of linguist; that is, translator is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguist:

linguist: a person who speaks more than one language
translator: a person who translates written messages from one language to another

Other hyponyms of linguist include bilingual, bilingualist, transcriber.

linguist (noun)	translator (noun)
a person who speaks more than one language	a program that translates one programming language into another
a specialist in linguistics	someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
	a person who translates written messages from one language to another