Difference between "translated" to and "translate into"

"Translate" is an interesting verb. Its most common usage is related to language translations. Depending on the sentence, we may use to or into. We can say "My job is to translate from English to Portuguese," for instance; but we also say "'Table' translated into Portuguese is 'mesa'". I don't think I can formulate any kind of usage rule here, and usage (not grammar) is what really matters in these cases.

But 'translate" has a subsidiary, lesser-used meaning, having to do with "moving" something from one place to another. You see this use in mathematical operations of "translation." Probably the equivalent of "transladar" in Portuguese? But it may explain why "to" works in my first example, since a translator is one who "carries something over," from one language to another.

So, when in doubt as to which one to use, look in places like Google for the expression identical (or closest) to the one you want to use, and see which preposition seems to be the one people prefer in that case.

Here goes you sentence:
LearnING other languages is very useful. SINCE a lot of books, HQs and series that you like, aren´t translated into your native language.

INTO - "para" in Portuguese. But there´s an important detail here, it means that it happened a morphing, a transformation, something changed into another (that is, from a language to another - so, in this case you use INTO.)

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As a memory "crutch" (support) Yunna, you may remember that where the preposition FROM appears, INTO will go with it. Since they both represent direction (a well-defined direction). In Portuguese would be "de/da/do" - "para/até"

Or in other cases, they mean de (lugar/ponto de) origem (lugar/ponto de destino)
in language as the example above translated FROM the source language TO the target language.

Your explanation about the preposition "into" was quite clear. Thanks PPAULO !