noun transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
2. translation ·noun a transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation.
3. translation ·noun that which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the scriptures.
4. translation ·noun the act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
5. translation ·noun motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion;
opposed to rotation.
6. translation ·noun the act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of enoch; the translation of a bishop.