translation

Definitions

1. The act of translating, in its various senses:
   countable, uncountable
2. The conversion of text from one language to another.
   countable, uncountable
3. The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
   countable, uncountable
4. The process in a cell by which a strand of messenger RNA directs the assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein. Translation takes place in the ribosomes, the places in the cell where proteins are made.
5. The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
   countable, uncountable
6. to put (something said or written) into another language. He translated the book from French into English. vertaal يُتَرْجِم превеждам traduzir přeložit übersetzen oversætte μεταφράζωtraducir tõlkima ترجمه کردن kääntää traduire לְתַרגֵם अनुवाद करना prevesti (le)fordít menerjemahkan þÿða tradurre 翻訳する 번역하다 versti []tulkot menterjemah vertalenoversettetłumaczyć, przekładać ژباړل traduzir a traduce переводить preložiť prevesti prevesti översätta แปล çevirmek 翻譯(包括口、筆譯) перекладати ترجمہ کرنا dịc...
7. A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
   countable, uncountable
8. a person who translates. vertaler مُتَرْجِم преводач tradutor překladatel, -ka der/die Übersetzer(in) oversætter; translatør μεταφραστήςtraductor tõlkija مترجم kääntäjä traducteur/-trice מתרגם अनुवादक prevodilac fordító penerjemah þÿðandi traduttore, traduttrice 翻訳家 번역사 vertėjas tulkotājs penterjemah vertaleroversettertłumacz ژباړونکی tradutor tra­ducător переводчик prekladateľ prevajalec prevodilac översättare นักแปล çevirmen 翻譯師，譯者 перекладач مترجم، ترجمہ نگار biên dịch viên 翻译者，译员
9. 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.
   countable, uncountable
10. The act or process of translating, especially from one language into another.
11. The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
    countable, uncountable
12. A translated version of a text.
13. A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
    countable, uncountable
14. Physics Motion of a body in which every point of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point of the body.
    Physics
15. The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
    countable, uncountable
16. Biology The process by which messenger RNA directs the amino acid sequence of a growing polypeptide during protein synthesis.
    Biology
17. The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
    countable, uncountable
18. An ascension to Heaven without death.
    countable, uncountable
19. something that is or has been translated, esp a written text
20. A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
    countable, uncountable
21. the act of translating or the state of being translated
22. A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
    countable, uncountable
23. (Mathematics) maths a transformation in which the origin of a coordinate system is moved to another position so that each axis retains the same direction or, equivalently, a figure or curve is moved so that it retains the same orientation to the axes
    maths
24. A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
    countable, uncountable
25. The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
    countable

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Examples

“This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.”

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