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Unit 01 What is translation? DEFINITIONS OF TRANSLATION Translation is a phenomenon that has a huge effect on everyday life. How can we then go about defining the phenomenon of ‘translation’ and what the study of it entails? If we look at a general dictionary, we find the following definition of the term translation: Definition 1 Translation n. 1 the act or an instance of translating. 2. a written or spoken expresstion of the meaning of a word, speech, book, etc. in another language. (The Concise Oxford English Dictionary) The first of these two senses relates to translation as a process, the