symboliser vs translator

symboliser and translator both are nouns.

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

As nouns, translator is a hypernym of symboliser; that is, translator is a word with a broader meaning than symboliser:

symboliser: someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
translator: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

Other hypernyms of symboliser include interpreter.

symboliser (noun)	translator (noun)
someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols	a program that translates one programming language into another
	someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
	a person who translates written messages from one language to another