Past tense of translate; to have converted text or speech from one language to another, or to have changed something from one form to another.
From Latin 'translatus', past participle of 'transferre' meaning 'to carry across'. Originally meant physical transportation, evolved to mean carrying meaning across linguistic boundaries.
Translation literally means 'carrying across' - every time we translate a text, we're metaphorically carrying meaning across the bridge between two different worlds of understanding.
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