[trans.la.tion] n (14c) 1: an act, process, or instance of translating: as a: a rendering from one language into another; also: the product of such a rendering b: a change to a different substance, form, or appearance: conversion c (1): a transformation of coordinates in which the new axes are parallel to the old ones (2): uniform motion of a body in a straight line
2: the process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA--compare transcription 3 -- trans.la.tion.al adj