(uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one
language to another).
(countable) The end result of translating text.
(physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox.
(countable) (mathematics, physics) Motion of a
body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the
body moves at the same
speed and in the same direction; also (in physics), the linear motion of a
body considered independently of its rotation.
(genetics) A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) guides assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.