translation

n.

translation implies the rendering from one language into another of something written or spoken a German translation of Shakespeare; version is applied to a particular translation of a given work, esp. of the Bible the King James Version; paraphrase, in this connection, is applied to a free translation of a passage or work from another language; transliteration implies the writing of words with characters of another alphabet that represent the same sound or sounds a Greek motto transliterated into the English alphabet