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the testator + [verb]
在正式法律文本中通常用“the testator”指代已订立遗嘱的人。
The testator must sign the will in front of two witnesses.
立遗嘱人必须在两名见证人面前签署遗嘱。
立遗嘱者
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立遗嘱者
a person who makes a will
The testator must sign the will in front of two witnesses.
立遗嘱人必须在两名见证人面前签署遗嘱。
立遗嘱人；订立有效遗嘱者。
One who makes or has made a legally valid will.
The testator signed the will in front of two witnesses.
立遗嘱人在两名证人面前签署了遗嘱。
A testator can change a will at any time before death.
立遗嘱人可以在去世前随时更改遗嘱。
The lawyer read the will aloud to the testator.
律师向立遗嘱人大声宣读了遗嘱。
在正式法律文本中通常用“the testator”指代已订立遗嘱的人。
The testator must sign the will in front of two witnesses.
立遗嘱人必须在两名见证人面前签署遗嘱。
用“who”引导定语从句来限定说明这类立遗嘱人。
A testator who wants to change the will may add a codicil.
想修改遗嘱的立遗嘱人可以添加一份遗嘱附录。
复数形式“testators”指多位立遗嘱人。
Testators often choose an executor when they make a will.
立遗嘱人订立遗嘱时通常会指定一名遗嘱执行人。
Not this
He wrote his testator before he died.
Use this
He wrote his will before he died.
testator 指的是“立遗嘱的人”，不是遗嘱文件；写（立）遗嘱应说 write a/the will，不能把 testator 当作文件来写。
Not this
All testator must sign at the end.
Use this
All testators must sign at the end.
testator 是可数名词；all 后面接复数名词，所以必须用复数形式 testators，单数 testator 不能表示多个立遗嘱人。
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立遗嘱人的意图
The court tried to determine the intention of the testator from the wording of the will.
法院试图根据遗嘱的措辞来确定立遗嘱人的意图。
立遗嘱人的签名
The signature of the testator must be witnessed by at least two people.
立遗嘱人的签名必须由至少两人见证。
立遗嘱人的遗产
The estate of the testator was distributed according to the terms of the will.
立遗嘱人的遗产按照遗嘱条款进行了分配。
立遗嘱人的行为能力
The lawyer questioned whether the capacity of the testator was sufficient when the will was made.
律师质疑立遗嘱人在订立遗嘱时是否具有充分的行为能力。
立遗嘱人的死亡
The will only takes effect upon the death of the testator.
遗嘱在立遗嘱人死亡时才会生效。
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testator 开头是 test（测试），遗嘱像人生最后一场考试，立遗嘱者就是写下这份“最后试卷”的人。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、遗嘱与遗产法 testator 多用于正式的法律语境，通常指订立遗嘱的人；日常口语中很少使用。
With the pronunciation /teˈsteɪtə/, dictator, creator, spectator, narrator and traitor share the same final stressed /eɪtə/ sound. Predator is a spelling lookalike but sounds /ˈpredətə(r)/, not /-eɪtə(r)/; traitor is spelled -itor but sounds the same.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.