translation

Meanings

Noun

a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
a uniform movement without rotation
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
- "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
(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
(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
rewording something in less technical terminology
the act of uniform movement
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conversion of text from one language to another.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
An ascension to Heaven without death.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Displaced native Old English wending.

Synonyms

displacement, interlingual rendition, rendering, transformation, version

Scrabble Score: 11

translation is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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translation is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

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