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1. The act of translating, in its various senses:
   1. countableuncountableThe conversion of text from one language to another.

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   2. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
   3. countableuncountableThe conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
   4. countableuncountablemathematicsA motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
   5. countableuncountablemathematicsA relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
   6. countableuncountablebiologyThe process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
   7. countableuncountablenatural sciencesA transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
   8. countableuncountableThe automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
   9. countableuncountableChristianityAn ascension to Heaven without death.
   10. countableuncountableChristianityA transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
   11. countableuncountableChristianityA transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
   12. countableuncountablemedicineA transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
2. countableThe product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.