Translation
[træns'leɪʃ(ə)n;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træns'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of uniform movement.
(noun.) rewording something in less technical terminology.
(noun.) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
(noun.) a uniform movement without rotation.
(noun.) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm.
(noun.) (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.
Edited by Brent--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
(n.) The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
(n.) That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
(n.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation.
(n.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
(n.) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Editor: Rhoda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Removal, transportation.[2]. Interpretation, rendering, construction.[3]. Version.
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Examples
- I took a copy in my pocket-book of the original, and of my translation--and there they are at your service. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- How bare and bleak seems the translation, bereft of its Hellenic sonorousness of speech! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Mine is but mere literal translation, said Livius. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My letter is only a translation of the German song I wanted. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The greatest objection to the translation is the sense given to the words (Greek), 'a base of three with a third added to it, multiplied by 5. Plato. The Republic.
- My subject is Greek, and the first of the papers consists of a large passage of Greek translation which the candidate has not seen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On Sunday morning, it so happened that Livius wanted me to read my translation of Molière's play to him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- D'Alibard, to give his countrymen a more correct translation of the works of the American electrician. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I wish I had a translation of it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As I exchanged a translation for an exercise, I happened to look his way: there I found myself under the influence of the ever-watchful blue eye. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is far from translation into familiar acts and objects. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Here, for the judgment of the reader, is an example of these majestic utterances, from the recent orthodox translation by the Maulvi Muhammad Ali. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do you like my translation, Crispin? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The host needed no translation of the question. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Consequently any such thing as a literal translation from Chinese into English is an impossibility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mixed up with a very extensive Manich?an literature are translations of the Christian scriptures and Buddhistic writings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Later on his work became better known through the Latin translations of the Arabic edition annotated by Averroes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would sometimes take too long a time to make translations of intercepted dispatches for us to receive any benefit from them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His best exercises were translations from the classics into English verse. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He fell foul of him because men, instead of facing facts boldly, sat in rooms and pored over bad Latin translations of the master. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To help my memory, I formed all I learned into the English alphabet, and writ the words down, with the translations. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- They had preserved much of Aristotle both in Greek and in Syrian translations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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