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 Definitions of Translation  [ænsˈleɪ ʃən, trænz-]  

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Definition of 'Translation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) translation
a rendering of something into another language or into one's own language from another.

2.  translation
a version in a different language:
an English translation of Plato.

3.  translation
the act or process of translating.

4.  translation
the state of being translated.

5.  translation
motion in which all particles of a body move with the same velocity along parallel paths.

6.  translation
Genetics. the process by which messenger RNA specifies the sequence of amino acids that line up on a ribosome for protein synthesis.

Etymology:  (1300–50 )

Definition of 'Translation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

2. (noun) translation
a uniform movement without rotation

3. (noun) transformation, translation
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
"a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

4. (noun) translation
(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

5. (noun) translation
(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

6. (noun) translation
rewording something in less technical terminology

7. (noun) translation, displacement
the act of uniform movement


Definition of 'Translation' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) translation
sth translated from one language to another, or the process of doing this
the translation of novels into German; Have you read the English translation?

2.  translation
in translation
having been translated
I haven't read the original, but I have read it in translation.


Definition of 'Translation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Translation
the act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop

2. (noun) Translation
the act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult

3. (noun) Translation
that which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures

4. (noun) Translation
a transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation

5. (noun) Translation
transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas

6. (noun) Translation
motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation


Translation of 'Translation' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the act of translating
The translation of poetry is difficult.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vertaling Arabic flag Arabic: تَرْجَمَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: превеждане
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tradução Czech flag Czech: překládání German flag German: dieÜbersetzung
Danish flag Danish: oversættelse Greek flag Greek: μετάφραση Spanish flag Spanish: traducción
Estonian flag Estonian: tõlkimine Farsi flag Farsi: ترجمه Finnish flag Finnish: kääntäminen
French flag French: traduction Hebrew flag Hebrew: תִרגוּם Hindi flag Hindi: अनुवाद, भाषान्तर
Croatian flag Croatian: prevođenje Hungarian flag Hungarian: (le)fordítás Indonesian flag Indonesian: penerjemahan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þÿðing Italian flag Italian: traduzione Japanese flag Japanese: 翻訳
Korean flag Korean: 번역 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vertimas Latvian flag Latvian: tulkošana
Malay flag Malay: penterjemahan Dutch flag Dutch: vertaling Norwegian flag Norwegian: oversettelse
Polish flag Polish: przekład Persian flag Persian: ترجمه Pashto flag Pashto: ژباړه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tradução Romanian flag Romanian: traducere Russian flag Russian: перевод
Slovak flag Slovak: preklad Slovenian flag Slovenian: prevajanje Serbian flag Serbian: prevođenje
Swedish flag Swedish: översättning Thai flag Thai: การแปล Turkish flag Turkish: çevirme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 翻譯 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: переклад Urdu flag Urdu: ترجمہ نگاري
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự dịch, việc dịch Chinese flag Chinese: 翻译

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