Significance:
This is the third and final act of the Central Dogma: mRNA → protein, decoded three nucleotides (a codon) at a time using the (nearly) universal genetic code. Every gene annotation tool, every ORF finder, and every protein-prediction pipeline implements exactly this step. Getting comfortable with the codon table is essential before tackling splicing or ORF-finding problems later in this bank.
Statement
Given an RNA string whose length is divisible by 3, translate it into a protein string using the **standard genetic code**. Reading begins at the first nucleotide, proceeds in non-overlapping codons of 3, and translation **stops** at the first stop codon (`UAA`, `UAG`, or `UGA`) — the stop codon itself is not represented in the output.