Interspecies translation is a delicate task, requiring not only intimate knowledge of both cultures but also an accurate qualia mapping
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Few are up to it, those who become good at it are often foundlings who've grown up among aliens, or have worn the bodies of both species
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After their deaths, the great translators of their times are scanned and distilled into software, so that they may be eternal ambassadors
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