A caring translator of runes (5)
I believe the answer is:
nurse
'a caring translator' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'of runes' is the wordplay.
'of' is an anagram indicator (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'runes' is an anagram of 'NURSE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nurse that I've seen before include "Nightingale" , "Cherish" , "Care for - harbour" , "Medical carer" , "Slow-moving shark" .)