translation

Noun

Meaning

The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.

The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.

That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.

A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation.

Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.

Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

version transposition transfer interpretation conversion explanation transformation adaptation rendering displacement paraphrase rephrasing rewording transliteration RNA
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Antonyms

challenge confusion heap litter mess disarray
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Hypernyms

move movement motion paraphrase paraphrasis biological process

Hyponyms

transfiguration pony shift revision displacement permutation

Related terms

translate translator translatable translative untranslatable translatory

Phrases with the word

bridge translation computer-aided translation computational language translation computer translation bilingual translation content translation

Examples

Poetry is what is lost in translation. Robert Frost

Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. Rumi

Translation is at best an echo. George Borrow

Translation and He gives twice, who gives in a trice. French Proverb

Translation 2: He who sows the wind shall reap the storm. French Proverb

Translation and If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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