Translation, n.
Etymology: [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.)
5 more senses
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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for translation; he lists it under definition.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.