/ trænsˈleɪʃn; NAmE ; trænz-/ noun
1.
[ U ] translation (of sth) (into sth) | translation (from sth) (into sth) the process of changing sth that is written or spoken into another language :
an error in translation
He specializes in translation from Danish into English.
The book loses something in translation .
The irony is lost in translation .
2.
[ C , U ] a text or work that has been changed from one language into another :
The usual translation of 'glasnost' is 'openness'.
a rough translation (= not translating everything exactly)
a literal translation (= following the original words exactly)
a free translation (= not following the original words exactly)
a word-for-word translation
I have only read Tolstoy in translation .
a copy of Dryden's translation of the Aeneid
3.
[ U ] translation (of sth) into sth the process of changing sth into a different form :
the translation of theory into practice
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French , or from Latin translatio(n-) , from translat- carried across, past participle of transferre , from trans- across + ferre to bear.