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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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  • (file)
  • IPA: /trænzˈleɪʃən/

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translation (countable and uncountable; plural translations)

  1. (uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
  2. (countable) The end result of translating text.
  3. (physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox.
  4. (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.
  5. (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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From Latin translatio.

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translation f. (plural translations)

  1. (mathematics, physics) translation

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translation c.

  1. translation (in mathematics and physics)

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