# translation
## English

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### 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”). Displaced native Old English wending.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, /tɹæns-/, /tɹɑːnz-/, /tɹɑːns-/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, /tɹæns-/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən
* Hyphenation: trans‧lat‧ion

### Noun

translation (countable and uncountable, plural translations)
* (countable, uncountable) The act of translating, in its various senses:
** The conversion of text from one language to another.
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** (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.
** (physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
** (mathematics) 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.
** (genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
** (physics) A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
** The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
** The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
*** (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) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
* (countable) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.

#### Alternative forms

* translatioun (obsolete)
* tr., trans., transl. (abbreviation)

#### Derived terms

* autotranslation
* back-translation
* computer-aided translation
* cotranslation
* fanlation
* fanslation
* Fortran
* gyrotranslation
* hypertranslation
* intertranslation
* loan translation
* lost in translation
* machine translation
* mechanotranslation
* mistranslation
* mobile translation
* 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 studies
* translon
* undertranslation
* untranslational
* videotranslation

#### Related terms

* translatability
* translatable
* translate
* translated
* translative
* translator
* translatory
* untranslatability
* untranslatableness, untranslateableness
* untranslatable, untranslateable
* untranslatably
* untranslated (adjective)

#### Translations

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#### See also

* interpretation

### Further reading

* translation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* translation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* trans-Latino, translatino

## French
### Etymology

From Latin trānslātiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁɑ̃.sla.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

translation f (plural translations)
* (mathematics, physics) translation
* (computing) thunking

### Further reading

* “translation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin trānslātiō.

### Noun

translation c
* (mathematics, physics) translation