Definition of translation

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Definition of translation

  • a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. interlingual rendition
    2. rendering
    3. version
  • the act of changing in form or shape or appearance (noun)

    Examples

    1. a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface

    Synonyms

    1. transformation
  • the act of uniform movement (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. displacement
  • a uniform movement without rotation (noun)
  • (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm (noun)
  • (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 (noun)
  • rewording something in less technical terminology (noun)

See definition of translation in Merriam Webster