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1. the act of uniform movement
   translation  displacement 
   
2. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
   translation  interlingual rendition  rendering  version 
   
3. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
   "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
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4. rewording something in less technical terminology
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5. a uniform movement without rotation
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6. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
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7. (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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