EGAVE

translation

About 30.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

version transformation rendering displacement interlingual rendition traduction translate sic translator interpreting

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Word family

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