translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/noun 15forms 1phrases 1 noun15 •the act of putting a text into another language, so that people who read that language can understand itThis old text needs translation into modern English before it is published. •The conversion of something from one form or medium to another. •The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome. •The act of translating, in its various senses. •The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses. •The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language). •A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation. •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. •The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message. •The conveyance of something from one place to another. •An ascension to Heaven without death. •A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another. •A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another. •A transfer of a disease from one body part to another. •A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox. formstranslations Phrases with translation lost in translationUnable to be understood due to having been poorly translated.