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Saliha
Dec 8, 2017

In nucleus for eukaryotic cells.
In cytoplasm for prokaryotic cells.

Explanation:

In case of eukaryotic cells, transcription(synthesis of mRNA from DNA)occurs in a membrane-bounded organelle i.e nucleus. While translation(synthesis of proteins from RNA) takes place in cytoplasm.
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While in case of prokaryotes transcription and translation both processes are coupled with each other so both take place in cytoplasm.
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