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Noun translation has 7 senses

translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
--₁ is a kind of written record, written account
--₁ has particulars:
mistranslation; pony, trot, crib; retroversion; subtitle, caption; supertitle, surtitle

Derived forms: verb translate₇, verb translate₁
translation - a uniform movement without rotation
--₂ is a kind of change of location, travel
--₂ has particulars: shift, displacement
Derived form: verb translate₅
transformation, translation - the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
--₃ is a kind of change of integrity
--₃ has particulars:
permutation; revision, alteration; transfiguration; transmogrification; metamorphosis

Derived form: verb translate₂
translation - (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
--₄ is a kind of transformation
translation - (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
--₅ is a kind of organic process, biological process

Derived form: verb translate₁₀
translation - rewording something in less technical terminology
--₆ is a kind of paraphrase, paraphrasis
translation, displacement - the act of uniform movement
--₇ is a kind of motion, movement, move

Derived form: verb translate₈