translation
nounUK /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ · US /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.
13 senses
- 1The conversion of text from one language to another.
- 2The discipline or study of translating written language…
- 3The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
- 4A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line…
- 5A relation between two mathematical figures such as a…
- 6The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of…
- 7A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
- 8The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
- 9An ascension to Heaven without death.
- 10A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
- 11A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
- 12A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
- 13The product or end result of an act of translating, in…
› The act of translating, in its various senses:
The conversion of text from one language to another.
- This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Translation studies The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
Mathematics, Sciences A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
› The act of translating, in its various senses: › The conveyance of something from one place…
Christianity An ascension to Heaven without death.
Christianity A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
Christianity A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
Medicine, Sciences A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
- Derived terms
46 terms
autotranslation, back-translation, bridge translation, computer-aided translation, cotranslation, fanlation, fanslation, Fortran, gyrotranslation, hypertranslation, intertranslation, loan translation, lost in translation, machine translation, mechanotranslation, mistranslation, nick translation, nontranslational, overtranslation, piezotranslation, posttranslation, pretranslation, retranslation, rototranslation, scanlation, scanslation, sight translation, supertranslation, thick translation, transcreation, transflection, translational, translationally, translationary, translation dictionary, translationese, translationless, translation memory, translation rights, translation screw, translation studies, transpilation, undertranslation, untranslational, videotranslation, wave of translation- Related terms
- translatability, translatable, translate, translated, translative, translator, translatory, untranslatability, untranslatableness, untranslateableness, untranslatable, untranslateable, untranslatably, untranslated, interpretation