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What's The Definition Of Translation?

[n] the act of uniform movement
[n] the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
[n] a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
[n] rewording something in less technical terminology
[n] a uniform movement without rotation
[n] (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
[n] (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin the the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

Synonyms | Synonyms for Translation: displacement | interlingual rendition | rendering | transformation | version

Related Terms | Find terms related to Translation:

See Also | alteration | biological process | caption | change of integrity | change of location | crib | displacement | metamorphosis | mistranslation | motion | move | movement | organic process | paraphrase | paraphrasis | permutation | pony | retroversion | revision | shift | subtitle | supertitle | surtitle | transfiguration | transformation | transmogrification | travel | trot | written account | written record

Translation In Webster's Dictionary

\Trans*la"tion\, n. [F. translation, L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See {Translate}, and cf. {Tralation}.] 1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop. 2. The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult. 3. That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures. 4. (Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 5. (Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas. --A. Tucker. 6. (Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.

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