Scribe translating verse in vacated cellar (9)
I believe the answer is:
scrivener
'scribe' is the definition.
('scrivener' can be a synonym of 'scribe')
'translating verse in vacated cellar' is the wordplay.
'translating' indicates an anagram.
'vacated' suggests removing the centre.
'cellar' with its centre removed is 'cr'.
'verse'+'in'+'cr'='verseincr'
'verseincr' is an anagram of 'SCRIVENER'.
(Other definitions for scrivener that I've seen before include "writer" , "Notary" , "Copyist" , "Scribe" .)