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translation
[ trans-ley-shuhn, tranz- ]
noun
- the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- a version of such a rendering:
a new translation of Plato.
- change or conversion to another form, appearance, etc.; transformation:
a swift translation of thought into action.
- the act or process of translating.
- the state of being translated.
- Mechanics. motion in which all particles of a body move with the same velocity along parallel paths.
- Telegraphy. the retransmitting or forwarding of a message, as by relay.
- Mathematics.
- a function obtained from a given function by adding the same constant to each value of the variable of the given function and moving the graph of the function a constant distance to the right or left.
- a transformation in which every point of a geometric figure is moved the same distance in the same direction.
- Genetics. the process by which a messenger RNA molecule specifies the linear sequence of amino acids on a ribosome for protein synthesis. Compare genetic code ( def ).
translation
/ trænz-; trænsˈleɪʃən /
noun
- something that is or has been translated, esp a written text
- the act of translating or the state of being translated
- 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
translation
/ trăns-lā′shən /
- Biochemistry.The process in the ribosomes of a cell by which a strand of messenger RNA directs the assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.
- Biochemistry.Compare transcription
- 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.
- Mathematics.The changing of the coordinates of points to coordinates that are referred to new axes that are parallel to the old axes.
Derived Forms
- transˈlational, adjective
Other Words From
- trans·la·tion·al adjective
- trans·la·tion·al·ly adverb
- pre·trans·la·tion noun
- re·trans·la·tion noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of translation1
Idioms and Phrases
- lose something in translation. lose in translation.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When Mulan returns to the imperial court, the emperor offers her prizes and promotions, but Mulan asks only for a steed — in some translations a horse, in others a donkey — so that she can go back home to her family.
Nevertheless, this complicated shape allowed the three researchers to access the rich theory of translation surfaces.
“The conditions are being formed in the country in which a tech business cannot function,” the letter reads, according to a translation from Radio Free Europe.
For instance, it has a strategic agreement with Alibaba Cloud to embed its translation services in the company’s technology.
At face value, it might look like its services are used to improve translation quality, but in reality they are also used to build other products, including products connected to national security work.
One is, of course, inevitably up against the problem of translation when speaking of names.
The translation agency only advertises for girls with “no complexes”: code for being prepared to bed the client.
A look at the new translation of the works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Translation: What plays to the base is not what plays to the middle.
CNN did the helpful translation for us, though: Duck Dynasty was simply too profitable for A&E to halt filming.
In the following words, the vowels have no figure value, hence in translation are never counted.
Christopher Smart, an English poet and miscellaneous writer, died; known by a popular translation of Horace.
His sayings come to us through several hands, and through more than one translation.
Messrs. Thomas Nelson and Sons have generously co-operated in permitting the use of the best translation.
The translation should be compared with the original F. text, as given below it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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