As blood from the digestive organs passes through the hepatic portal circulation, the hepatocytes of the liver monitor the contents of the blood and remove many potentially toxic substances before they can reach the rest of the body.
In Geometry, Translation simply means Moving ... ... without rotating, resizing or anything else, just moving. To Translate a shape: Every point of the shape must move: the same distance. in the same direction.
Translation(noun) that which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures. Translation(noun) a transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. Translation(noun) transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas. Translation(noun) motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.