Translation (disambiguation)

Translation, translate, or translator may refer to:

Translation, conversion of text from one language to another
Technical translation, translation of technical texts 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 the same distance in the same direction
Translation (physics), movement that changes the position of an object, moving every point the same distance in the same direction, without rotation, reflection or change in size
Translation (group theory), the operation of multiplying by a group element
Translation operator is an alternative name for the displacement operator in quantum optics
Translational research
Translation (sociology)

In computing:

Address translation
- 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
- Virtual-to-physical address translation
Program transformation
The translation phase of a compiler (or, by extension, the entire process of compilation)
Translate Toolkit, freeware localization toolkit
Translator (computing), multiple meanings
Bing Translator, online machine translation service in Bing.com
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
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
Translate (album), 2006 album by Sexy Sadie
Translator (band), a San Francisco new wave band
- Translator (album), their third album

In religion:

Translation (relics), the removal of holy objects from one locality to another
Translation (Mormonism), 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
Translation, in Jim Jones' Peoples' Temple cult, where Jones and his followers would all die together and move to another planet and live blissfully.

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