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translation n. [
interlingual rendition, rendering, version] a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
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translation n. a uniform movement without rotation
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translation n. [
transformation] the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
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translation n. (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
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translation n. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
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