translation (Noun) — A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
translation (Noun) — A uniform movement without rotation.
translation (Noun) — The act of changing in form, shape or appearance. ex. "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
translation (Noun) — (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.
translation (Noun) — (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm.
translation (Noun) — Rewording something in less technical terminology.
translation (Noun) — The act of uniform movement.