What is the meaning of translation?

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.
    • usage: "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.
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APAWordNet. (2010). translation. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/translation/definitions/1190044
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