translatioun

Noun

translation (countable and uncountable, plural translations)

1. The conversion of text from one language to another.
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2. The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
3. The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
4. A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
5. 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.
6. The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.

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