void render()
{
...
glLoadIdentity();
camera.transform.translate(0.0f, 0.0f, 10.0f); // move the camera away from the origin by 10 units..
glMultMatrixf(camera.transform);

object.transform.translate(0.0f, 0.0f, 10.0f); // how can I make this call translate the object 
                                               // 10 units from the origin and not the camera?
glMultMatrixf(object.transform);
object.render();

...
}