((Translation)) -- (trans la'shen, trans-) n. [[ME translacioun < MFr translation < ((L)) translatio ]] ((1)). a translating or being translated ((2)). the result of a translating; esp., writing or speech translated into another language ((3)). Mech. motion in which every point of the moving object has simultaneously the same velocity and direction of motion - ((trans.la'tion|al adj.))

((SYN. -translation)) implies the redering from one language into another of something written or spoken [a German translation of Shakespeare]; ((version)) is applied to a particular translation of a given work, specif. of the Bible [the King James Version]; ((paraphrase)), in this connection, is applied to a free translation of a passage or work from another language; ((transliteration)) implies the writing of words with characters of another alphabet that represent the same sound or sounds [in this dictionary Greek words are transliterated with letters of the English alphabet]

Transl -- ., 1. translated. 2. translation. 3. translator.

Trans.late -- (trans lat', tranz-, trans'lat, tranz'-), v.t., -lat.ed, -lat.ing. 1. to turn from one language into another. 2. to change the form, condition, or nature of. 3. to explain in simpler terms. -trans.la'tion, n. -trans.la'tor, n.