translation
pronunciation
How to pronounce translation in British English:
UK [trænzˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce translation in American English:
US [trænzˈleɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- a uniform movement without rotation
- the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
- (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
- (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
- rewording something in less technical terminology
- the act of uniform movement
Word Origin
- translation (n.)
- mid-14c., "removal of a saint's body or relics to a new place," also "rendering of a text from one language to another," from Old French translacion "translation" of text, also of the bones of a saint, etc. (12c.) or directly from Latin translationem (nominative translatio) "a carrying across, removal, transporting; transfer of meaning," noun of action from past participle stem of transferre (see transfer (v.)).
Example
- 1. So here is a translation for airline passengers .
- 2. Machine translation can certainly help in these cases .
- 3. Search and translation relies on people power too .
- 4. Poetry and lyrics suffer particularly badly in translation .
- 5. Other services rushed to add persian translation features .