translation
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- translatioun (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin trānslātiō (“transfer”), from trans- (“across”), + lātiō (“carrying”), from lātus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferō (compare transfer), + noun of action suffix -iō.
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Noun [edit]
translation (countable and uncountable; plural translations)
- (uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
- (countable) The end result of translating text.
- (physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox.
- (countable, mathematics, physics) Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction; also (in physics), the linear motion of a body considered independently of its rotation.
- (genetics) A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) guides assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.
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Translations [edit]
act of translating between languages
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result of translating between languages
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of forces in a gearbox
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math, physics: motion without deformation or rotation
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genetics: process for producing proteins
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin translatio.
Noun [edit]
translation f (plural translations)
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Noun [edit]
translation c
- translation (in mathematics and physics)
Declension [edit]
Declension of translation
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | translation | translationen | translationer | translationerna |
| genitive | translations | translationens | translationers | translationernas |