adaptation vs translation

adaptation

noun
  • An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium. 

  • The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. 

  • A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. 

  • An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed. 

  • The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments. 

  • The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium. 

  • The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment. 

translation

noun
  • The conversion of something from one form or medium to another. 

  • A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure. 

  • A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another. 

  • The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message. 

  • A transfer of a disease from one body part to another. 

  • An ascension to Heaven without death. 

  • A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another. 

  • A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation. 

  • The conversion of text from one language to another. 

  • The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language). 

  • The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome. 

  • The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses. 

  • A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox. 

How often have the words adaptation and translation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )