translation
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//tɹænzˈleɪʃən//
- United Kingdom//tɹæns-//
- United Kingdom//tɹɑːnz-//
- United Kingdom//tɹɑːns-//
The act of translating, in its various senses: The conversion of text from one language to another.
noun
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The conversion of text from one language to another.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
- 3
The act of translating, in its various senses: The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: 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.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially: An ascension to Heaven without death.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially: A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially: A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
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The act of translating, in its various senses: The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially: A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
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The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
Etymology
From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.
Forms
- plural
- translations
translation · The act of translating, in its various senses: The conversion of text from one language to another.
translator · A person or thing that translates meaning from one language…transmission · The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric…transmit · To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.