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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]].}} | {{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}} | ||
A '''translation disk | 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}} | ||
==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. | 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}} | ||
==History of use== | ==History of use== | ||
Translation disks were used by [[Jiralhanae]] in the [[Keepers of the One Freedom | 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}} | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' | *''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] |