Translation :  (noun)
1: a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language [syn: interlingual rendition, rendering, version]
2: a uniform movement without rotation
3: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" [syn: transformation]
4: (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the ... ( more )

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