# translation

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ · frequency rank #3,731

## Definitions
1. The act of translating, in its various senses:
2. The act of translating, in its various senses:
3. The act of translating, in its various senses:
4. The act of translating, in its various senses:
5. The act of translating, in its various senses:
6. The act of translating, in its various senses:
7. The act of translating, in its various senses:
8. The act of translating, in its various senses:
9. The act of translating, in its various senses:
10. The act of translating, in its various senses:
11. The act of translating, in its various senses:
12. The act of translating, in its various senses:
13. The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.

## Etymology
From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.

## Easily confused with
- **translator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translation-vs-translator)
- **translations** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translation-vs-translations)
- **translational** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translation-vs-translational)
- **translocation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translation-vs-translocation)
- **transition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transition-vs-translation)
- **transaction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transaction-vs-translation)

## Common misspellings (18)
`rtanslation`, `tarnslation`, `tranlsation`, `trannslation`, `transaltion`, `translaiton`, `translasion`, `translatino`, `translationn`, `translatoin`, `translattion`, `transllation`, `transltaion`, `transslation`, `trasnlation`, `trnaslation`, `trranslation`, `ttranslation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/translation