Translation (disambiguation)

Translation, from the Latin for "carry across", is the conversion of text from one language to another.

Science

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * Translations (play), 1980 play by Brian Friel
 * "...In Translation", seventeenth episode of the first season of Lost
 * Translate (Sexy Sadie album), 2006 album by Sexy Sadie
 * Translation (album), 2020 album by Black Eyed Peas
 * Translate (Luke Abbott album), 2020 album by Luke Abbott

Religion

 * 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