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[ US /tɹænˈsɫeɪʃən, tɹænzˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /tɹænslˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
    a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface
  2. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
  3. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
  4. rewording something in less technical terminology
  5. a uniform movement without rotation
  6. the act of uniform movement
  7. (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
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