What does "translation" mean?
Translation: The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
Additional senses
- 2.That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
- 3.(Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 4.(Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas. A. Tucker.
- 5.(Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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