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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
/ ٰăԲ-′ə /
- 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
- ٰԲˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٰԲ··پDz· adjective
- ٰԲ··پDz··ly adverb
- ·ٰԲ··پDz noun
- ·ٰԲ··پDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of translation1
Idioms and Phrases
- lose something in translation. lose in translation.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Misericordia,” both as a title and a film, would suggest a plunge into mourning or, to go by the Latin translation, something close to compassionate mercy.
As such, I speak their unique language, and offer below a few translations to some of their most commonly used phrases and expressions.
Irish playwright Conor McPherson has adapted Anton Chekhov’s 1897 drama, and the result is a conversational English version without any of the starchiness that attaches to the more self-consciously “classical” translations.
HHS, for instance, usually focuses on health care access for people with disabilities or language translation, and there’s no evidence it’s conducted an investigation of Maine in the past 20 years.
Masters student George Karabassis, 26, uses AI to assist with translation as English isn't his first language.
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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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