translation Definition

1. A word, speech, written text, etc that has been put into one language from another.
2. An act or instance or the process of translating.

Thesaurus: interpretation, transcription, rendition, rewording, rephrasing, paraphrase, decoding.
3. genetics.
The process, which takes place on specialized structures called ribosomes, whereby the coded genetic information carried by messenger RNA molecules is used to specify the order in which individual amino acids are added to a growing chain of protein or polypeptide being manufactured within the cell.