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trans·la·tion

(trăns-lā′shən, trănz-)

a. The act or process of translating, especially from one language into another.

b. The state of being translated.

2. A translated version of a text.

3. 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.

4. Biology The process by which messenger RNA directs the amino acid sequence of a growing polypeptide during protein synthesis.

trans′la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

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translation

(trænsˈleɪʃən; trænz-)

1. something that is or has been translated, esp a written text

2. the act of translating or the state of being translated

3. (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

transˈlational adj

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trans•la•tion

(trænsˈleɪ ʃən, trænz-)

n.

1. a rendering of something into another language or into one's own language from another.

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

3. the act or process of translating.

4. the state of being translated.

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

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

[1300–50]

trans•la′tion•al, adj.

translation

trans·la·tion

(trăns-lā′shən)

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.

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Noun	1.	translation - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language interlingual rendition, rendering, version mistranslation - an incorrect translation crib, pony, trot - a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) retroversion - translation back into the original language; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion" subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen supertitle, surtitle - translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
	2.	translation - a uniform movement without rotation change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something shift, displacement - an event in which something is displaced without rotation
	3.	translation - the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" transformation change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something permutation - complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller revision, alteration - the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" transfiguration - the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify transmogrification - the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one); "the transmogrification of the prince into a porcupine" metamorphosis - a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
	4.	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 math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement transformation - (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
	5.	translation - (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
	6.	translation - rewording something in less technical terminology paraphrase, paraphrasis - rewording for the purpose of clarification
	7.	translation - the act of uniform movement displacement movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

translation

noun

1. interpretation, version, rendering, gloss, rendition, decoding, transcription, paraphrase, transliteration his excellent English translation of 'Faust'

2. conversion, change, rendering, transformation, alteration, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transmutation the translation of these goals into classroom activities

Quotations
"Translations, like wives, are seldom faithful if they are in the least attractive" [Roy Campbell The Poetry Review]
"Some hold translation not unlike to be"
"The wrong side of a Turkish tapestry" [Julia Ward Howe Familiar Letters]

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translation

noun

1. A restating of something in other, especially simpler, words:

paraphrase, rendering, restatement, version.

2. The process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another:

change, changeover, conversion, metamorphosis, mutation, shift, transfiguration, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation.

Translations

ترجمةتَرْجَمَةتَرْجَمَه

преводач

traducció

překladpřekládání

oversættelse

ÜbersetzungTranslationÜbersetzen Übertragung

μετάφραση

traduko

traducción traslación

käännöskääntäminentranslaatio

traduction translation transmission

अनुवाद

prijevodtranslacija

fordításlefordítás

traduction

òÿîing

traduzione traslazione

翻訳訳訳文伝達平行移動

번역

vertimas

vertaling overzetting translatietransmissie

oversettelse

tłumaczenie przekładprzesunięcie

tradução translação transmissãoobra traduzida

traducere

перевод переключение трансляция

prekladprekladanietransláciaposunutie

prevajanjeprevodtranslacija

översättningtranslationförflyttning

tafsiri

การแปล

çeviri çevirme tercüme

bản dịch

翻译译文译本

translation

[trænzˈleɪʃən] N

1. (Ling) → traducción f

2. (= transfer) (esp Rel) → traslado m

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translation

[trænsˈleɪʃ^ən] n

(= work of translator) → traduction f

(= translated text) → traduction f
to read sth in translation → lire une traduction de qch

(as school task) → version f

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translation

(= act, translated work) → Übersetzung f → (from aus); (of work of literature also, fig) → Übertragung f; to do a translation of something → von etw eine Übersetzung machen or anfertigen; errors in translation → Übersetzungsfehler pl; it loses (something) in translation → es verliert (etwas) bei der Übersetzung; a translation problem → ein Übersetzungsproblem nt; he is not good at translation → er kann nicht gut übersetzen; translation program/software (Comput) → Übersetzungsprogramm nt → /-software f; translation table (Comput) → Umsetzungs- or Übersetzungstabelle f

(Eccl) → Berufung f → in eine andere Diözese; (to heaven) → Himmelfahrt f

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translation

[trænzˈleɪʃ/ən] n (of text) → traduzione f (Scol) (as opposed to prose) → versione f (Geom) → traslazione f

translate

(trӕnsˈleit) verb

to put (something said or written) into another language. He translated the book from French into English.

transˈlation noun

1. the act of translating. The translation of poetry is difficult.

2. a version of a book, something said etc, in another language. He gave me an Italian translation of the Bible.

transˈlator noun

a person who translates.

translation

→ تَرْجَمَة překlad oversættelse Übersetzung μετάφραση traducción käännös traduction prijevod traduzione 翻訳 번역 vertaling oversettelse tłumaczenie tradução перевод översättning การแปล tercüme bản dịch 译文

References in classic literature ?

I have a translation by Garnham, Bachelor of Arts, in the LEGENDS OF THE RHINE, but it would not answer the purpose I mentioned above, because the measure is too nobly irregular; it don't fit the tune snugly enough; in places it hangs over at the ends too far, and in other places one runs out of words before he gets to the end of a bar.

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In this translation, if it may be so called, great liberties have been taken, which, whether justifiable or not, shall be fairly confessed; and let the judicious part of mankind pardon or condemn them.

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Hence sprang the Wiclifite translation. The usual supposition that from the outset, before the time of Wiclif, the Church had prohibited translations of the Bible from the Latin into the common tongues is a mistake; that policy was a direct result of Wiclif's work.

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The usual translation "shadowy" or "dusky" halls, gives a false idea of the scene.

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De Anima: Torstrik, 1862; Trendelenburg, 2nd edition, 1877, with English translation, E.

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I think that a good deal of its foulness was lost upon me, but I certainly understood that it would not do to present it to an American public just as it was, in the translation which I presently planned to make.

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[This is a very free translation of the Song of the Returning Hunter, as the men used to sing it after seal-spearing.

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He made out a list of books which Philip was to read till he was ready for the final achievement of Faust, and meanwhile, ingeniously enough, started him on a German translation of one of the plays by Shakespeare which Philip had studied at school.

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Very valuable is the appendix to Mair's translation (Oxford, 1908) on "The Farmer's Year in Hesiod".

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Of which we wish we could give our readers a more adequate translation than that by Mr Creech--

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So that even in translation we can get a little idea of what the poetry sounded like.

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My mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth.