Translation (disambiguation)
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Translation, translate, or translator may refer to:
In science and mathematics:
In computing:
In literature and entertainment:
In religion:
- TranslationTranslationTranslation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, conversion of text from one language to another - Technical translationTechnical translationTechnical translation is a type of specialized translation involving the translation of documents produced by technical writers , or more specifically, texts which relate to technological subject areas or texts which deal with the practical application of scientific and technological information...
, 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)Translation (geometry)In Euclidean geometry, a translation moves every point a constant distance in a specified direction. A translation can be described as a rigid motion, other rigid motions include rotations and reflections. A translation can also be interpreted as the addition of a constant vector to every point, or...
, moving every point the same distance in the same direction - Translation (physics)Translation (physics)In physics, translation is movement that changes the position of an object, as opposed to rotation. For example, according to Whittaker:...
, 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 opticsQuantum opticsQuantum optics is a field of research in physics, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to phenomena involving light and its interactions with matter.- History of quantum optics :...
- Translational researchTranslational researchTranslational research is a way of thinking about and conducting scientific research to make the results of research applicable to the population under study and is practised in the natural and biological, behavioural, and social sciences...
- Translation (sociology)Translation (sociology)The term translation has long been used in sociology, prominently within the tradition known as Actor-network theory .Within ANT, the term translation has a different meaning compared to other areas...
In computing:
- Address translationAddress Resolution ProtocolAddress Resolution Protocol is a telecommunications protocol used for resolution of network layer addresses into link layer addresses, a critical function in multiple-access networks. ARP was defined by RFC 826 in 1982. It is Internet Standard STD 37...
- Port address translation, allows a single public IP address to be used by many hosts on a private network
- Network address translationNetwork address translationIn computer networking, network address translation is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device....
, transceiving network traffic through a router by re-writing the source and/or destination IP addresses - Virtual-to-physical address translation
- Program transformationProgram transformationA program transformation is any operation that takes a computer program and generates another program. In many cases the transformed program is required to be semantically equivalent to the original, relative to a particular formal semantics and in fewer cases the transformations result in programs...
- The translation phase of a compiler (or, by extension, the entire process of compilation)
- Translate ToolkitTranslate ToolkitThe Translate Toolkit is a localization and translation toolkit. It provides a set of tools for working with localization file formats and files that might need localization. The toolkit also provides an API on which to develop other localization tools....
, freeware localization toolkit - Translator (computing)Translator (computing)A Translator is a computer program that translates one programming language instruction into anotherprogramming language instruction without the loss of original meaning. OR, the translator will translate X...
, multiple meanings - Bing Translator, online machine translation service in Bing.com
- Google TranslateGoogle TranslateGoogle Translate is a free statistical machine translation service provided by Google Inc. to translate a section of text, document or webpage, into another language.The service was introduced in April 28, 2006 for the Arabic language...
, online machine translation service in Google
In literature and entertainment:
- Translation (rhetoric device)Translation (rhetoric device)Translation as a rhetorical device is a form of parody, where a sarcastic paraphrase of a source quotation is given to mock its author; to enhance the irony, it is furthermore stated that the version being given is merely a translation into the speaker's language, implying that the original speaker...
a form of parody, where a sarcastic paraphrase of a source quotation is given to mock its author - TranslationsTranslationsTranslations is a three-act play by Irish playwright Brian Friel written in 1980. It is set in Baile Beag , a small village at the heart of 19th century agricultural Ireland...
, 1980 play by Brian Friel - The TranslatorThe TranslatorThe Translator is Egyptian-born Sudanese and British educated writer Leila Aboulela's first novel, published in 1999. The Translator is a story about a young Sudanese widow living in Scotland and her sprouting relationship with Islamic scholar Rae Isles....
, 1999 novel by Leila Aboulela - Universal translatorUniversal translatorA universal translator is a device common to many science fiction works, especially on television. First described in Murray Leinster's 1945 novella "First Contact", the translator's purpose is to offer an instant translation of any language...
, 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 WittWitt (book)Witt is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 1973.- Contents :# "Notice"# "Witt"# "October 20"# "Dragnet"# "Dream of Rimbaud"# "To Remember Debbie Denise"# "Sonnet"# "Mock Death"# "What Makes Ruda Ivory"# "Rape"...
- Translate (album)Translate (album)Translate is an album by Sexy Sadie, released in 2006.-Track listing:#"Second to Last"#"My Home Is Not a Place"#"Nonsense"#"By the Fireside"#"No One's Better"#"Slow Down"#"Not Like You"#"Around Our Heads"#"Great Minds Start Little...
, 2006 album by Sexy Sadie - Translator (band)Translator (band)Translator is a San Francisco rock band that had success during the 1980s. They created a sound that spanned updated British Merseybeat and stripped-down punk-like rock to psychedelia. Inspired by the Beatles and 1960s California folk-rock bands such as The Byrds, their guitar-based music was...
, a San Francisco new wave band- Translator (album)Translator (album)Translator is the self-titled third album from Translator, released in 1985 on 415 Records and distributed by Columbia Records.In 2007, the album was released on Compact Disc for the first time by Wounded Bird Records...
, their third album
- Translator (album)
In religion:
- Translation (relics)Translation (relics)In Christianity, the translation of relics is the removal of holy objects from one locality to another ; usually only the movement of the remains of the saint's body would be treated so formally, with secondary relics such as items of clothing treated with less ceremony...
, 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)Translation (ecclesiastical)Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...
, to transfer a bishop from one diocese/see to another - Translation, in Jim Jones'Jim JonesJames Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip.Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in...
Peoples' Temple cult, where Jones and his followers would all die together and move to another planet and live blissfully.
See also
- Interpretation (disambiguation)
- Wikipedia:Translation issues within Wikipedia
- ConversionConversion-Economy and Finance:* Currency conversion or exchange rate* Conversion , one of the options strategies* Economic conversion-Law:* Conversion , conversion by taking a chattel out of the possession of another with the intent of exercising a permanent or temporary dominion over it, despite the...
- TransformationTransformation-Mathematics:* Transformation * Transformation * Integral transform* Data transformation * Transformation matrix-Natural science:* Phase transformation, a physical transition from one medium to another...