Translation
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin translatio(n- ), from translat- ‘carried across’ (see translate).
wiktionary
From Middle English translacioun(“movement between two places; transfer of a bishop from one see to another; transfer of a saint’s relics from one place to another; feast day celebrating the transfer of a saint’s relics; transfer of dominion or rulership from one person to another; (law) settlement of a transfer of property; assumption into heaven; miraculous transformation; radical change of condition; replacement of religious laws or priests by new ones; act of translating from one language to another; the product of this act”)[and other forms], [1] and then:
etymonline
translation (n.)
mid-14c., "removal of a saint's body or relics to a new place," also "rendering of a text from one language to another," from Old French translacion "translation" of text, also of the bones of a saint, etc. (12c.) or directly from Latin translationem (nominative translatio) "a carrying across, removal, transporting; transfer of meaning," noun of action from past-participle stem of transferre "bear across, carry over; copy, translate" (see transfer (v.)).
