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'''Eden''' is the name of a garden the [[Librarian]] made on [[Earth]] not far from the [[The Artifact|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. It is mentioned in some of the [[Terminal]]s found | '''Eden''' is the name of a garden the [[Librarian]] made on [[Earth]] not far from the [[The Artifact|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. It is mentioned in some of the [[Terminal]]s found on [[Installation 00]].<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Terminal#Terminal Six|Terminal Six]]</ref> | ||
It is important to note that Eden would not have been the actual name used by the Librarian. The Librarian's transmissions were discovered using translation software so advanced that it incorporates idioms from the reader's own experience.<ref name= "pedia165">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page 165</ref> Thus words such as "Eden", "fairy tale" or "[[Maginot Line]]" became the default usage in Forerunner terminals and transmissions when read by Humans.<ref name="pedia165"/> This was likely because there is no direct translation for the original Forerunner words, thus the software utilizes human equivalents. These words appear in brackets in the [[Terminal]]s. | It is important to note that Eden would not have been the actual name used by the Librarian. The Librarian's transmissions were discovered using translation software so advanced that it incorporates idioms from the reader's own experience.<ref name= "pedia165">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page 165</ref> Thus words such as "Eden", "fairy tale" or "[[Maginot Line]]" became the default usage in Forerunner terminals and transmissions when read by Humans.<ref name="pedia165"/> This was likely because there is no direct translation for the original Forerunner words, thus the software utilizes human equivalents. These words appear in brackets in the [[Terminal]]s. | ||