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{{Era|Forerunner|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW|Post}}
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'''Translation software''' is computer software designed to help translate information from a foreign language into the native language of the person viewing or hearing the information.
'''Translation software''' is computer software designed to help translate information from a foreign language into the native language of the person viewing or hearing the information.


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The Forerunners possessed extremely robust translation software in their computers. When [[John-117]] accessed the [[Terminal (Halo 3)|terminal]]s on [[Installation 00]], the computer used words and measurements native to humanity for approximate translations. As [[The Forerunner Saga|more Forerunner records]] were discovered and translated by the UNSC's AI translator systems, the terms used by the terminals' translation software were maintained.<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 5''</ref>
The Forerunners possessed extremely robust translation software in their computers. When [[John-117]] accessed the [[Terminal (Halo 3)|terminal]]s on [[Installation 00]], the computer used words and measurements native to humanity for approximate translations. As [[The Forerunner Saga|more Forerunner records]] were discovered and translated by the UNSC's AI translator systems, the terms used by the terminals' translation software were maintained.<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 5''</ref>


The San'Shyuum managed to access a number of files within the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] thanks to those systems, but they misinterpreted a number of glyphs, coming to believe that the [[Halo Array]] was used to "transcend life", instead of wipe out life.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 112''</ref>
The San'Shyuum managed to access a number of files within the [[Forerunner]] [[Anodyne Spirit|Dreadnought]] thanks to those systems, but they misinterpreted a number of glyphs, coming to believe that the [[Halo Array]] was used to "transcend life", instead of wipe out life.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 112''</ref>


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[[Category:Communications technology]]
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