Definition of translation Translation

/tɹænzlejˈʃʌn/ - [tranzleyshun] - trans•la•tion

We found 26 definitions of translation from 6 different sources.

What does translation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: translations
translation - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
		interlingual rendition, rendering, version
		written account, written record a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
		mistranslation an incorrect translation
		trot, crib, pony a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
		retroversion translation back into the original language; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion"
		subtitle, caption secondary or explanatory title
translation - a uniform movement without rotation
		change of location, travel a movement through space that changes the location of something
translation - (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
		biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms
		genetic science, genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
translation - the act of uniform movement
		displacement
		move, motion, movement the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
translation - (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
		transformation the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
translation - rewording something in less technical terminology
translation - the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
		transformation
		change of integrity the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
		permutation act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
		alteration, revision the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
		transfiguration the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
		transmogrification the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one); "the transmogrification of the prince into a porcupine"

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Wiktionary

translation (Noun)
The act of converting or translating text from one language to another.
translation (Noun)
The end result of translating text.
translation (Noun)
Translation of forces in a gearbox.
translation (Noun)
Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i. e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction; also in physics, the linear motion of a body considered independently of its rotation.
translation (Noun)
A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA mRNA guides assembly of a sequence of amino amino acids to make a protein.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

translation (n.)
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.
translation (n.)
The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
translation (n.)
That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
translation (n.)
A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation.
translation (n.)
Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
translation (n.)
Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

translation
The act of converting words and texts from one language to another.
translation
The result of converting words and texts from one language to another.
translation
Move of an object to a new location without change in the size or orientation of an object.
translation
The process during which the information in mRNA molecules is used to construct proteins.
translation
The process of transforming all or part of a source program into a program image that contains all the information needed for the program to run.

Wikipedia

Translation means to copy writing or speech from one language into a different language.

The people who do translation are called translators. A translator who is copying a book into another language may use a language dictionary to find out how a word is written in another language. A translator who works with the spoken word is also called an interpreter.

In computer technology translation from a programming language to a machine language is called compiling. There are free translators on the internet.
genetics
Translation is the second process of protein biosynthesis (part of the overall process of gene expression). Translation occurs in the cytoplasm where the ribosomes are located.

Ribosomes are made of a small and large subunit which surrounds the mRNA. In translation, messenger RNA (mRNA) is decoded to produce a specific polypeptide according to the rules specified by the genetic code. This is the process that converts an mRNA sequence into a chain of amino acids that form a protein. Before translation there must be transcription.

Translation proceeds in four phases: activation, initiation, elongation and termination (all describe the growth of the amino acid chain, or polypeptide that is the product of translation).