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translation

trans·la·tion

UK/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ US/tɹæns-/ fairly common

noun

1.

a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

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the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

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4.

(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

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the act of uniform movement

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Origin

From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.

Phrases

  • bridge translation
  • computer-aided translation
  • loan translation
  • lost in translation
  • machine translation
  • nick translation
  • sight translation
  • thick translation

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