what is translation
translation / RNA translation. Translation is the process by which a protein is synthesized from the information contained in a molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).uring initiation, the small ribosomal subunit binds to the start of the mRNA sequence. Then a transfer RNA (tRNA) molecule carrying the amino acid methionine binds to what is called the start codon of the mRNA sequence. The start codon in all mRNA molecules has the sequence AUG and codes for methionine.