(countable, uncountable) The noun "translation" represents the act of converting text from one language to another, the study of translating written language, the conversion of something from one form or medium to another, a motion in a straight line without rotation or deformation, a mathematical relation between two figures, the process of mrna directing assembly of amino acids into proteins, a transfer of motion within a gearbox, the automatic retransmission of a telegraph message, and the conveyance of something from one place to another.

(countable) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.