translation

Pronunciation

Noun B2 Upper-intermediate

The act of converting words from one language into another, or, in biology, the process of building a protein from instructions carried by RNA.

"The translation of the poem lost some of the wordplay that only worked in the original language."

Test yourself

Which word fits the gap? "The _____ of the poem lost some of the wordplay that only worked in the original language."

Answer: translation

In your own words, what does "translation" mean?

The act of converting words from one language into another, or, in biology, the process of building a protein from instructions carried by RNA.