Translation | Mean of translation in English Dictionary

/trænsˈleɪʃən/

• Noun
• words that have been changed from one language into a different language
1. She is working on a translation of the novel.
2. a new translation of the Iliad
3. an accurate translation
4. a literal translation
5. a rough/loose translation
6. There were English translations on the menu.
7. I have only read Dostoevsky in translation. [=in translated form]
• the act or process of translating something into a different language
1. Some things defy translation. [=are impossible to translate]
2. The quote loses something in translation. [=the quote does not have the same meaning or effectiveness when it is translated into another language]
3. Something must have gotten lost in translation [=lost when changed from one language into another] because the joke isn't funny in English.
• the act or process of changing something from one form to another
1. the translation of economic power into political strength