Translation

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. To see how this works, try translating different shapes here:

Note: You can translate either by angle-and-distance, or by x-and-y.

Try both to see what happens.

Writing it Down

Sometimes we just want to write down the translation, without showing it on a graph.