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2 French

Etymology

From Lation translatio, transfer, from prefix trans-, across, + noun latio, carrying, from latus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferre (cf. transfer), + noun of action suffix -io


English

Noun

translation (uncountable and countable), plural translations

  1. (uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
  2. (countable) The end result of translating text.
  3. (translation of forces in a gearbox)
  4. (countable) (mathematics, physics) Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction.

Translation

act of translating between languages

  • Finnish: kääntäminen
  • French: traduction f
  • Italian: traduzione f
  • Portuguese: tradução f
  • Spanish: traducción f
  • Swedish: översättning


result of translating between languages

  • Finnish: käännös
  • French: traduction f
  • Italian: traduzione f
  • Portuguese: tradução f, obra traduzida f
  • Spanish: traducción f
  • Swedish: översättning


of forces in a gearbox

  • Finnish: välitys, välityssuhde


motion without deformation or rotation

  • Finnish: translaatio
  • French: translation f
  • Portuguese: translação f
  • Spanish: traslación f
  • Swedish: förflyttning


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French

Noun

translation f

  1. transfer
  2. translation (in mathematics and physics)

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