Love soaps in translation (7)
I believe the answer is:
passion
'love' is the definition.
(I know that love can be written as passion)
'soaps in translation' is the wordplay.
'translation' indicates an anagram.
'soaps'+'in'='soapsin'
'soapsin' anagrammed gives 'PASSION'.
(Other definitions for passion that I've seen before include "Great emotion" , "Fervent love" , "Strong feeling, or anger or desire possibly" , "Rage" , "Intense enthusiasm for something" .)