definition of
translation

[1] #1 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. wn

[2] #2 translation n. a uniform movement without rotation. wn

[3] #3 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". wn

[4] #4 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. wn

[5] #5 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. wn