Translation (disambiguation)

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Translation is the 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 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.

See also

• Conversion (disambiguation)
• Interpretation (disambiguation)
• Transformation (disambiguation)

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