- translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
--1 is a kind of written record, written account
--1 has particulars:mistranslation; pony, trot, crib; retroversion; subtitle, caption; supertitle, surtitle Derived forms: verb translate7, verb translate1 - translation - a uniform movement without rotation
--2 is a kind of change of location, travel
--2 has particulars: shift, displacementDerived form: verb translate5 - 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"
--3 is a kind of change of integrity
--3 has particulars:permutation; revision, alteration; transfiguration; transmogrification; metamorphosis Derived form: verb translate2 - 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
--4 is a kind of transformation
- translation - (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
--5 is a kind of organic process, biological process
Derived form: verb translate10 - translation - rewording something in less technical terminology
--6 is a kind of paraphrase, paraphrasis
- translation, displacement - the act of uniform movement
--7 is a kind of motion, movement, move
Derived form: verb translate8 - translation - (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm