Translation, from the Latin for "carry across", is the conversion of text from one language to another.
Science[edit]
- Translation studies, the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and localization
- Translation (biology), part of the biological process of protein biosynthesis from messenger RNA
- Frequency translation, converting a radio signal from one frequency to another by mixing the input signal with a second signal
- Broadcast translator, rebroadcasting a radio signal at a different frequency
- 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 operator, an alternative name for the displacement operator in quantum optics
- Translational research
- Translation (sociology)
Mathematics[edit]
- Translation (geometry), moving points the same distance in the same direction
- Shift operator, a translation within the real line
- Translation (group theory), the operation of multiplying by a group element
Computing[edit]
- 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
- Translate (Apple), a translation app developed by Apple for their iOS and iPadOS devices
Literature and entertainment[edit]
- Translations (play), 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 (Sexy Sadie album), 2006 album by Sexy Sadie
- Translator (band), a San Francisco new wave band
- Translator (album), their third album
- Translation (album), 2020 album by Black Eyed Peas
- Translate (Luke Abbott album), 2020 album by Luke Abbott
Religion[edit]
- Translation (relic), the removal of holy objects from one locality to another
- Translation (ecclesiastical), the transfer of a bishop from one diocese or episcopal see to another
- Translation (Mormonism), in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the change of a person from mortality to immortality without death