Translation (Noun)
Meaning 1
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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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- A painter's brushstroke is a translation of emotion onto canvas.
- The dance was a translation of the poem's rhythm into movement.
- The movie was a translation of the book onto the big screen.
- A song is a translation of a composer's thoughts into sound.
- A sculptor's work is a translation of a vision into three-dimensional form.
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Meaning 2
A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
(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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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Meaning 4
A uniform movement without rotation.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 5
(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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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 6
Rewording something in less technical terminology.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
The act of uniform movement.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.