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Vinony

translation

noun

  1. motion by a specific displacement
  2. communication of text in a new language
  3. cellular process creating protein from genetic code; act or process of a cell decoding genetic information and converting it into amino acids and then making a protein
  4. act/process of changing words from one language to their counterparts in another and retaining the correct meaning
  5. act or process of moving, translocating, transforming spatially
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Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ / /tɹæns-/ / /tɹɑːnz-/

noun

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.

  1. The act of translating, in its various senses:

    “This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.”

  2. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  3. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  4. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  5. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  6. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  7. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  8. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  9. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  10. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  11. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  12. The act of translating, in its various senses:
  13. The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.