Translation - Definition

n 1: a written communication in a second language having the
same meaning as the written communication in a first
language [syn: translation, interlingual rendition,
rendering, version]
2: a uniform movement without rotation
3: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a
photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional
surface" [syn: transformation, translation]
4: (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
5: (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in
messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at
a ribosome in the cytoplasm
6: rewording something in less technical terminology
7: the act of uniform movement [syn: translation,
displacement]