As strange as that question may sound, being "translated" refers to something absolutely essential in order for us to spend eternity in Heaven with God. God must translate us (convert us) into people capable of actually wanting to be around Him forever, even if we think we are good people who would have no problem getting along with God.   Unless He translates us, we will most certainly want to flee from Him.  That is because GOD is someone we cannot possibly relate to until and unless we are translated.  God is extremely HOLY.   He is infinitely righteous.  He vehemently hates sin and those who practice it.   He hates false worship.  He hates those who take His name in vain. His hatred is a godly, pure, holy hatred.

The above verse indicates that the translation process occurs to those who are still living.  It is not something that happens at death or after death.  This process is the same thing as being "born again", assuming we understand that God is the author and finisher of this process and not we ourselves and not another person or some church. It is a process whereby God TRANSFERS a person from one world into another, from one spiritual kingdom into another. It is also a the point in time when God adopts a person into His family.  And anyone whom God truly "translates" will indeed talk and act and even think differently than they did before.

Contrary to what many people think, not all people are members of God's family. 

Certainly you would not say that Adolph Hitler was one of God's children would you? But, compared to God's perfect holiness, infinite righteousness, and perfect sinlessness, we are as wicked as Hitler.  God does not compare us to the worst among the human race.  He compares us to his perfect sinless Son, Jesus Christ.  And since we fall so horribly short of the mark, we desperately need a savior, the only savior, Jesus Christ. And we need a new nature in order to be happy in heaven and to be truly at home there, hence the need to be born again or translated - by God - into the kind of person whom the world thinks is too "religious" for their liking.

• People who have been truly translated by God will live lives of thankful service to Him.  That means they will have a great desire to do their best to live their lives in obedience to what God says is good and right and just in the Holy Bible. 
  Do you have that kind of desire?

• People who have been translated by God will no longer live for themselves but for God and others.  God will give them a great concern for the eternal spiritual welfare of others.  
  Do you have that kind of concern?

• People who have been translated by God will acknowledge that Jesus is the only way to heaven and that every other way is a false way and every other god is a false god.  They will acknowledge that only the death of Christ could pay for their sins and that no other payment for sin (good works, penance, etc.) could ever be an acceptable offering to God for a person's sins.
  Do you have that kind of perspective?

• People who have been translated by God will know that their salvation is by the grace of God alone... that we are all at the mercy of God as to whether He will save us from hell. These people understand that we cannot do a single thing to merit heaven or to escape hell.  We are all entirely at God's mercy.
  Do you know and believe this critical fact about salvation?

• People who have been translated by God will have a hatred for sin. They will hate the sins they used to love to commit.  They will love God's commandments and they will love the Christians whom they used to mock.  They will want to be obedient to God even regarding little things and even if obedience costs them something. These people will be anxious to avoid sinful activities even if people make fun of them. They will not wish to do or say anything that might offend the holy God whom they serve. 
  Do you look at sin that way?

• People who have been translated by God will enjoy thanking God for His many blessings instead of complaining about the problems and hardships in their lives.  These people will believe that God has their best interest at heart, even if circumstances seem to indicate otherwise. 
  Do you have that kind of positive opinion of God?

So if a person is truly translated by God, his or her friends and family will notice a definite change.  They probably won't like the change.  They may want the old sinful friend or relative to "come back", especially if the translated person was someone who liked to hang around with them and drink and smoke and curse and waste time and money on themselves and on things that have no eternal value.  Most likely, they will not like this translated person to care about their souls or to talk to them about sin, hell, holiness, Jesus or the Bible.

In conclusion, I urge you to keep in mind that if you have not been translated by a supernatural act of God, then you are not fit for heaven, so you cannot expect to go to heaven when you die.  You will not want to be there.  You will hate it there.  The degree of holiness there will be repulsive to you.  Also, you will have a tremendous fear of meeting the God whose commandments you took so lightly in this life.  You will not be happy in hell either, but that is where you will go and that is where you will reside for ever and ever, wishing for all eternity that you had never been born.