Translation
Pronunciation
- IPA: /trænzˈleɪʃən/
Alternative forms
- translatioun obsolete
Origin
From Latin trÄnslÄtiÅ ("transfer"), from trans- ("across"), + lÄtiÅ ("carrying"), from lÄtus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferÅ (compare transfer), + noun of action suffix -iÅ.
Full definition of translation
Noun
translation
(countable and uncountable; plural translations)- (uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
- (countable) The end result of translating text.
- (physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox.
- (countable, mathematics, physics) Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction; also (in physics), the linear motion of a body considered independently of its rotation.
- (genetics) A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) guides assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.