The Oxford English Dictionary describes translation thus:
Anglo-Norman translacione, translacioun, translaciun, translatiun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French translacion, translation translated version of a text (c1140 in Old French; rare and archaic in modern French), action of translating from one language into another (c1200), action of moving a thing from one place to another (c1200),
- The action or process of translating a word, a work, etc., from one language into another.
- The expression or rendering of a thing in another medium or form; the conversion or adaptation of a thing to another system, context, or use.
- The action or process of expressing in more direct or comprehensible terms the meaning of a word or text, esp. those considered to be slang or jargon, or opaque or euphemistic; an instance of this.
- The action of transferring, conveying, or moving a person or thing from one place, position, or person to another.