translation
IPA: trænzɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (countable, uncountable) The act of translating, in its various senses:
- The conversion of text from one language to another.
- (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.
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Examples of "translation" in Sentences
- But this Swedish novella in translation is the only one already at hand.
- This translation is a mostly literal translation from the Italian text on the Vatican website.
- Her novel Flamme und Harfe (Flame and Harp) will be coming out in translation from the German imprint of Random House in March 2009.
- Also lost in translation is the tie to Buddhist hell referred to in the Chinese title (Timeless Way), which indicates a theme of being stuck.
- "The translation acknowledges and affirms itself to be a _translation_ out of the 'original Greek,' together with former translations compared, &c.
- "_To one who is reading the Classics, a literal translation is a convenient and legitimate help; and every well-informed person will read the Classics either in the original or in a translation_."
- DRYDEN'S translation of Virgil being commended by a right reverend bishop, Lord Chesterfield said, "The original is indeed excellent; but everything suffers by a _translation_, -- except a _bishop_!"
- i am sorry if this is not the right translation ... i held back from titling this \ "lost in translation\" ... today my german teacher (RUDY!!!) told me to say, "Vielen Dank für mein Leben!" with more confidence.
- We call its motion a uniform translation (uniform because it is of constant velocity and direction, translation because although the carriage changes its position relative to the embankment yet it does not rotate in so doing).
- As my copy of the _Visions_ is an anonymous translation, and evidently far from being a first-rate one, I shall not be surprised if I receive as an answer, -- "_Mistaken as to your fact, read a better translation_:" but as in spite of its manifold, glaring defects, I have no reason to suspect that the text is _garbled_, I think I may venture to send the query.
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