Protein synthesis 3D model
The steps in translation are:
The ribosome binds to mRNA at a specific area.
The ribosome starts matching tRNA anticodon sequences to the mRNA codon sequence.
Each time a new tRNA comes into the ribosome, the amino acid that it was carrying gets added to the elongating polypeptide chain.
The ribosome continues until it hits a stop sequence, then it releases the polypeptide and the mRNA.
The polypeptide forms into its native shape and starts acting as a functional protein in the cell.