A PDE is invariant under the Lie point symmetries

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I am reading a paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oca.2190

For the PDE (6) in that paper: $$V_t + V_{x_1}f_1(x_1,x_2)+V_{x_2}f_2(x_1,x_2)+Q(x_1,x_2)-\frac{b^2}{4r}V^2_{x_2}=0.$$

The paper says that it is invariant under the following Lie point symmetries:

  1. Translation of time $\tilde{t} = t+s$ with group infinitesimal generator $\frac{\partial}{\partial_t}$.

  2. Translation of the value function $\tilde{V} = V+s$ with group infinitesimal generator $\frac{\partial}{\partial V}$.

I really have no idea what this means and how to see this.

Moreover, it says,

the meaning of two symmetries is that there always exists a solution of that PDE that does not depend on time.

Why?

Also are these symmetries helpful in any sense?

Thanks in advance.