Translation begins when RIBOSOME and tRNA converge on an mRNA molecule in the cytoplasm. Translation is the process by which the genetic information transcribed on mRNA is transform into proteins. The process is divided into three stages: initiation, elongation and termination. During elongation, the ribosome reads each codon of the mRNA and directs the tRNA to bring the particular amino acid into the ribosome, one at a time. The process terminates when a stop codon is reached.