1. (

• translation ,
• interlingual_rendition ,
• rendering ,
• version

) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language ;

2. (

• translation

) a uniform movement without rotation ;

3. (

• transformation ,
• translation ,

) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" ;

4. (

• translation

) (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. (

• translation

) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm ;

6. (

• translation ,

) rewording something in less technical terminology ;

7. (

• translation ,
• displacement ,

) the act of uniform movement ;