\Trans*la"tion\, n. [F. translation, L. translatio a
transferring, translation, version. See {Translate}, and cf.
{Tralation}.]
1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring;
   removal; also, the state of being translated or removed;
   as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
2. The act of rendering into another language;
   interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is
   difficult.
3. That which is obtained by translating something a version;
   as, a translation of the Scriptures.
4. (Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a
   metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
5. (Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association
   of ideas. --A. Tucker.
6. (Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving
   body have at any instant the same velocity and direction
   of motion; -- opposed to rotation.