翻ほん訳やく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

translation

General term for translating between languages, both as a process and a product. Used with する for the act of translating.

• この小しょう説せつの翻ほん訳やくはとても自し然ぜんだ。

  The translation of this novel is very natural.

• 彼かれは英えい語ごの記き事じを日本にほん語ごに翻ほん訳やくした。

  He translated the English article into Japanese.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

deciphering; decoding

Figurative use: interpreting or making sense of something obscure, like a code or a difficult text. Less common than the primary translation sense.

• 古こ代だい文も字じの翻ほん訳やくには長ながい時じ間かんがかかった。

  Deciphering the ancient script took a long time.

noun

translation (biology)

Technical term in molecular biology for the process of translating mRNA into a protein. Not used in everyday language.

• 生せい物ぶつ学がくでは、翻ほん訳やくはタンパク質しつ合ごう成せいの過か程ていを指さす。

  In biology, translation refers to the process of protein synthesis.