Synonyms for translation

Noun

1. translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version, written record, written account

usage: a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

2. translation, change of location, travel

usage: a uniform movement without rotation

3. transformation, translation, change of integrity

usage: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

4. translation, transformation

usage: (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

5. translation, organic process, biological process

usage: (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

6. translation, paraphrase, paraphrasis

usage: rewording something in less technical terminology

7. translation, displacement, motion, movement, move

usage: the act of uniform movement