1. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
   "The treaty required a translation to ensure all parties understood the terms";
   - interlingual rendition, rendering, version
    
2. Rewording something in less technical terminology
   "The scientist provided a translation of the complex theory for the general audience"
    
3. The act of changing in form, shape or appearance
   "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface";
   - transformation
    
4. The act of uniform movement
   "The translation of the object across the screen was smooth";
   - displacement
    
5. A uniform movement without rotation
   "The translation of the tectonic plate was measured over millions of years"
    
6. (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
   "The translation of the graph shifted it 3 units to the right"
    
7. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
   "Protein translation is a complex process involving multiple factors"

Derived forms: translations

Type of: biological process, change of integrity, change of location, motion, move, movement, organic process, paraphrase, paraphrasis, transformation, travel, written account, written record

Encyclopedia: Translation