translation
Pluraltranslations
- 1The work of changing words from one language into another.
Like rewriting a recipe so a cook in another country can follow it.
Translation from Spanish into English can be tricky for new students.
She does translation for a living, turning business letters into other languages.
Similarrendering, rendition, conversion
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- 2
- 3The act of changing something from one form into another.
Like turning a flat drawing into a clay model.
The translation of the book into a movie lost some details.
Translation of his ideas into real action took years of effort.
Similarconversion, transformation, adaptation, transposition
- 4The study of how to change written words from one language into another.
Like training to be a bridge between two groups who speak different languages.
She studies translation at the university.
Translation is now taught as its own subject in many schools.
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- 5Movement of an object in a straight line, with no turning or change of shape.
Like sliding a book straight across a desk without spinning it.
The sliding door moves by pure translation, not by turning.
In translation, every part of the object shifts the same way at the same time.
Oppositerotation
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- 6A move that slides every point of a shape the same distance in the same direction.
Like moving a chess piece straight to another square without rotating it.
A translation moves the triangle three steps to the right.
After the translation, the shape looks the same but sits higher on the grid.
Similarshift, displacement
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- 7The step in a cell where the code in mRNA is used to build a protein.
Like a worker reading instructions to thread beads onto a string in the right order.
During translation, the cell reads the mRNA and puts together a protein.
Translation happens inside tiny structures called ribosomes.
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- 8A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
- 9The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
- 10A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
- 11A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
- 12An ascension to Heaven without death.
- 13A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
- 14The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
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Origin
From Latin trānslātiō, from the verb trānsferō meaning 'to carry across' or 'translate'. It came into English through French.