Translation (disambiguation)
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Translation, translate, or translator may refer to:
- translation, conversion of text from one language to another
In science and mathematics:
- translation (biology), part of the biological process of protein biosynthesis from messenger RNA
- broadcast translator, rebroadcasting a signal at a different frequency
- translation (geometry), moving every point a constant distance in a specified direction
- translation (physics), movement that changes the position of an object, as opposed to rotation
- translation operator is an alternative name for the displacement operator in quantum optics
In computing:
- address translation, multiple meanings
- port address translation, allows a single public IP address to be used by many hosts on a private network
- network address translation, transceiving network traffic through a router by re-writing the source and/or destination IP addresses
- Program transformation
- the translation phase of a compiler (or, by extension, the entire process of compilation)
- Translate Toolkit, freeware localization toolkit
- Windows Live Translator, online machine translation service in Windows Live
- Google Translate, online machine translation service in Google
In literature and entertainment:
- translation (rhetoric device) a form of parody, where a sarcastic paraphrase of a source quotation is given to mock its author
- Translations, 1980 play by Brian Friel
- The Translator, 1999 novel by Leila Aboulela
- Translate (album), 2006 album by Sexy Sadie
- universal translator, science fiction device which translates between any languages
- "…In Translation", seventeenth episode of the first season of Lost
- "Translators", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1973 book Witt
- Translator, a san francisco new wave band
In religion:
- translation (relics), the removal of holy objects from one locality to another
- translation (LDS Church), in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, when a person is changed from mortality to immortality without having died
- translation (ecclesiastical), to transfer a bishop from one diocese/see to another
[edit] See also
- Wikipedia:Translation issues within Wikipedia
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