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noun

1. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

   noun.communication

   Synonyms interlingual rendition rendering version

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a uniform movement without rotation

   noun.event

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

   noun.act

   Examples

   A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface.

   Synonyms transformation

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. (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

   noun.linkdef

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.process

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. rewording something in less technical terminology

   noun.communication

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. the act of uniform movement

   noun.act

   Synonyms displacement

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the <i>translation</i> of Enoch; the <i>translation</i> of a bishop.

   noun

   Source: webster1913