translation noun
Definition of translation
1: an act, process, or instance of translating: such as
    a: a rendering from one language into another
        also : the product of such a rendering
    b: a change to a different substance, form, or appearance : CONVERSION
    c   (1): a transformation of coordinates in which the new axes are parallel to the old ones
        (2): uniform motion of a body in a straight line
2: the process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA

以上翻译摘自韦氏词典，根据 1b中的解释，就是conversion的意思， 也就楼上说的研究成果转化，没什么毛病，个人觉得只是咱们中国人对于translation的理解主要局限于“翻译”了。
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