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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation,
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation,
Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ and [[pfinet]]) and thus translates object invocations
into calls appropriate for the backing store
(e.g., ext2 file system, nfs server, etc.).
+Another way of putting it is that it translates from one representation of a
+data structure into another representation, for example from the on-disk
+[[ext2|ext2fs]] data layout to a traditional file system hierarchy, or from a
+XML file to a virtual hierarchical manifestation. This translation can be a
+bidirectional process, but it need not be.
+
A translator is usually registered with a specific file system node by using
the [[`settrans`|settrans]] command.