translation
Cross-linguistic rendering
Translation is the process of converting text or speech from one language into another: The translation from Japanese took three months.
More broadly, translation means converting anything from one form to another: the translation of ideas into action.
A translation is also the resulting product—a translated work: Which translation of the Odyssey do you prefer?
One who conveys meaning between languages
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
localization · subtitles · dubbing · transcribe · glossary · phrasebook · equivalence · transliteration
Study of linguistic meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
sense · fidelity · accuracy · ambiguity · paraphrase · metaphrase · idiom · word-for-word
Adapting for specific markets
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- contextualizationPlacing something within circumstances
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
Communicate or transport
mediate · bridge · interpret · relay · decode · clarify · reformulate · restate
Protein synthesis site
Removal from usual location
- vectorQuantity with direction
- transformationThorough change in form
- shiftMovement or work period
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
mapping · movement · rotation · reflection · parallel · plane · axis · distance
interpreter
One who conveys meaning between languages
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
fluency · localization · subtitles · dubbing · transcribe · glossary · phrasebook · equivalence · transliteration · native-speaker
semantics
Study of linguistic meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
context · sense · fidelity · accuracy · ambiguity · paraphrase · metaphrase · idiom · word-for-word · sense-for-sense
localization
Adapting for specific markets
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- contextualizationPlacing something within circumstances
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
convey
Communicate or transport
convert · mediate · bridge · interpret · relay · decode · clarify · reformulate · restate
ribosome
Protein synthesis site
anticodon · polypeptide · elongation · initiation · termination
displacement
Removal from usual location
- vectorQuantity with direction
- transformationThorough change in form
- shiftMovement or work period
coordinates · mapping · movement · rotation · reflection · parallel · plane · axis · distance · direction
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- Language & Wordsetymology, grammar, vocabulary, phonetics, dialects
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- Learning Frenchvocabulary, grammar, verbs, nouns, adjectives
- other languages Q&Avocabulary, grammar, phrases, pronunciation, idioms
- Spanish languagedialects, Spanglish, Latin America, Mexico, Caribbean
translationoriginal
First or inventive
source text · original text · untranslated · original language · primary source
translationquotation
Cited passage or price
quote · direct quote · transcript · transcription · copy
- lost in translationMeaning altered between languages
- word-for-word translationRendering matching each term exactly
- Bible translationsSacred text in various languages
- book translationsTexts converted between languages
- literal translationExact rendering across languages
- English translationText converted between languages
translation memory, translating, translations, mistranslation, translational, mistranslating, retranslation, retranslations