# translation

Pronunciation: say "tranz-LAY-shuhn" /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/

## Noun

1. The process of putting a text written in one language into another language.
   - Simple: The work of changing words from one language into another.
   - _Legal documents demand precise translation to avoid costly misunderstandings._
   - _Translation between unrelated languages often loses subtle wordplay._
2. The finished product that results from translating, such as a text rendered into another language.
   - Simple: A finished piece of work made by changing something into another language or form.
   - _Several translations of the ancient text exist, each with different word choices._
   - _This translation reads far more smoothly than the earlier one._
3. The process of changing the form or medium in which something is expressed or represented.
   - Simple: The act of changing something from one form into another.
   - _The translation of raw data into clear charts helped the team decide quickly._
   - _Turning a stage play into a film involves careful translation between media._
4. The academic study of translating written language, distinct from interpretation, which deals with spoken language.
   - Simple: The study of how to change written words from one language into another.
   - _Translation as a discipline draws on linguistics, literature, and cultural studies._
   - _He earned a degree in translation before specializing in technical manuals._
5. Motion in a straight line without any rotation or change of shape.
   - Simple: Movement of an object in a straight line, with no turning or change of shape.
   - _The block underwent translation across the table without spinning at all._
   - _Pure translation keeps an object's orientation fixed as it moves._
6. A transformation that shifts every point of a figure by the same amount in the same direction, adding a constant to each coordinate.
   - Simple: A move that slides every point of a shape the same distance in the same direction.
   - _The translation maps each vertex of the square two units up and one unit right._
   - _Applying a translation to the graph shifts it without changing its form._
7. The cellular process in which a strand of mRNA directs the assembly of amino acids into a protein at a ribosome.
   - Simple: The step in a cell where the code in mRNA is used to build a protein.
   - _Translation begins when a ribosome binds to the start codon of an mRNA strand._
   - _Antibiotics such as tetracycline can block translation in bacterial cells._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
- (noun) The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
- (noun) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
- (noun) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
- (noun) An ascension to Heaven without death.
- (noun) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
- (noun) The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.

## Origin

From Middle English translacioun ('transfer, translation'), borrowed through Anglo-Norman from Latin trānslātiō. This came from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō ('to transfer, transport, transform, translate'), and is equivalent to translate + -ion. It displaced the native Old English word wending.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/translation (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).