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# translation

«translation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Changing words from one language into another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a translation, translations; translation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Changing words from one language into another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#m1)

2) A piece of writing or speech that has been changed into another language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#m2)

3) (maths) Sliding a shape to a new position without turning it, flipping it or changing its size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#m3)

4) (science) Changing something into a different form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#m4)

5) A translation can also be an explanation that makes something easy to understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In language lessons pupils translate words and sentences, and read stories in translation. In maths (geometry) a translation moves every point of a shape the same distance in the same direction, described as e.g. «3 right, 2 up»; the shape stays congruent. Phrases: «in translation», «a translation into», «lost in translation», «translation of a shape».

### examples

- This book is an English translation of a French story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x1)
- Google gave a funny translation of my sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x2)
- Some jokes get lost in translation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x3)
- In maths, a translation slides a shape without turning it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x4)
- Translate the triangle 4 squares right and 1 square down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x5)
- She works in translation at a big company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x6)
- After a translation, the shape is the same size and faces the same way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x7)
- She had said it so often that Wendy needed no translation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/#x8)

### note

Verb: «translate»; person: «translator». In maths there are three main transformations: translation (slide), reflection (flip), rotation (turn). In a translation, every coordinate changes by the same amount: (x, y) → (x + 3, y + 2) for «3 right, 2 up».

### In the corpora

- [Translation tools help families who speak other languages understand letters, but they can make mistakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/6/)
- [Important translations should be checked by a person who speaks both languages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/7/)
- [Translation and tutoring tools might make learning easier for many people, but not every family can afford them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «translation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.