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{{Quote|Why deactivate your translation disk? This is no time for us to start keeping secrets from one another.|[[Reza Linberk]] to [[Castor]].}}{{Ref/Reuse|LL11}}
{{Quote|Why deactivate your translation disk? This is no time for us to start keeping secrets from one another.|[[Reza Linberk]] to [[Castor]].}}<ref name="L11"/>


A '''translation disk''' or '''translator disk''' is a piece of technology used for translating spoken words to other languages.{{Ref/Novel|Id=LL5|LL|5}}
A '''translation disk''' '''(''disc'')''' or '''translator disk''' is a piece of technology used for translating spoken words to other languages.<ref name="LL5">''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
Translator disks use [[translation software]] to detect spoken words and then repeat them in another desired language so that individuals may speak that otherwise would be unable to.{{Ref/Novel|Id=LL11|LL|11}} These disks can be programmed with the capacity to understand and translate languages from multiple species.{{Ref/Novel|Id=R20|Ret|20}} The translated speech has an electronic undertone to it and can sound somewhat distorted.{{Ref/Reuse|LL11}}{{Ref/Reuse|LL5}} Translation disks can be easily deactivated and reactivated and may be hung around a user's neck or secured high on one's breastplate.{{Ref/Reuse|LL11}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=R7|Ret|7}}
Translator disks use [[translation software]] to detect spoken words and then repeat them in another desired language so that individuals may speak that otherwise would be unable to.<ref name="L11">''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 11''</ref> These disks can be programmed with the capacity to understand and translate languages from multiple species.<ref name="R20">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 20''</ref>  The translated speech has an electronic undertone to it and can sound somewhat distorted.<ref name="L11"/><ref name="LL5"/> Translation disks can be easily deactivated and reactivated and may be hung around a user's neck or secured high on one's breastplate.<ref name="L11"/><ref name="R7">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 7''</ref>


==History of use==
==History of use==
Translation disks were used by the [[Covenant]] and after its downfall, they continued to be employed by [[Jiralhanae]] in the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Notably, [[Castor]], a leading [[dokab]] of the Keepers, kept one around his neck.{{Ref/Reuse|LL5}} [[Orsun]], his second-in-command, did likewise.{{Ref/Reuse|R20}} [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] learned to speak English fluently, so that he could communicate more naturally with his human allies, meaning that he didn't have to rely on a translation disk while speaking with [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]] on [[Netherop]]. Although [[Kaidon]] [[Ghe 'Talot]] offered to go in his place, he didn't speak the human languages and nor did he think to put a translation disk aboard his Phantom, meaning that 'Talot couldn't communicate with the humans.{{Ref/Novel|Out|7}} [[Atriox]] has a translation disk affixed to his armor, and used it to speak English.{{Ref/Novel|Out|24}}
Translation disks were used by the [[Covenant]] and after its downfall they continued to be employed by [[Jiralhanae]] in the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Notably, [[Castor]], a leading [[dokab]] of the Keepers, kept one around his neck.<ref name="LL5"/> [[Orsun]], his second-in-command, did likewise.<ref name="R20"/>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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*''[[Halo: Retribution]]''
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==

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