translation
/trænsˈleɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the process of translating words or text from one language into another翻译：
Cromwell promoted the translation of the Bible into English.
克伦威尔推动了《圣经》英译工作。
1.1
- count noun a written or spoken rendering of the meaning of a word, speech, book, or other text, in another language译文, 译本：
a Spanish translation of Calvin's great work.
加尔文巨著的西班牙语译本。
1.2
- the conversion of something from one form or medium into another（形式, 媒介的）转换：
the translation of research findings into clinical practice.
从研究发现向临床实践的转化。
1.3
- Biology the process by which a sequence of nucleotide triplets in a messenger RNA molecule gives rise to a specific sequence of amino acids during synthesis of a polypeptide or protein【生】转译。
2
- formal or technical the process of moving something from one place to another〈正式或技〉移动：
the translation of the relics of St Thomas of Canterbury.
坎特伯雷圣托马斯的遗骸移葬。
2.1
- Mathematics movement of a body from one point of space to another such that every point of the body moves in the same direction and over the same distance, without any rotation, reflection, or change in size【数】平移。
派生词
translational
adjectivetranslationally
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French， or from Latin translatio（n-）， from translat- 'carried across' （see TRANSLATE）.