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diff --git a/hurd/translator.mdwn b/hurd/translator.mdwn index 44ba4dff..dc3fd256 100644 --- a/hurd/translator.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator.mdwn @@ -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. |