---
slug: "TranslationProxy"
name: "TranslationProxy"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "TranslationProxy#1db2"
sema_id: "sema:TranslationProxy#mh:SHA-256:1db28b5e69a017012cdbdbe4355c97fba4dcd8e3522a82f9eb9dc5613bc293af"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/TranslationProxy/
related: ["Compare","Message","OntologyHandshake","Protocol","Translate","MemeticSeed"]
---

# TranslationProxy

Protocol adaptation wrapper

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

A stateless agent that wraps a legacy system. It intercepts 'modern' agent signals, uses [Translate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Translate.md) to convert them into legacy [Protocol](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Protocol.md) API calls, and translates responses back. It acts as a 'spacesuit' for the legacy system. Utilizes [OntologyHandshake](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/OntologyHandshake.md) and [Compare](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Compare.md) to verify semantic fidelity.

## Invariants

- Semantic meaning preserved across languages/ontologies
- Type safety maintained

## Preconditions

- [Message](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Message.md) M in [Protocol](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Protocol.md) A
- Target [Protocol](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Protocol.md) B

## Postconditions

- [Message](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Message.md) M' in [Protocol](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Protocol.md) B

## Failure modes

- Lossy translation.

## Signature

- `Translate(Protocol)`

## Builds on

- [Compare](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Compare.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Message](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Message.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [OntologyHandshake](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/OntologyHandshake.md) (Society; References)
- [Protocol](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Protocol.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Translate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Translate.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

- [MemeticSeed](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/MemeticSeed.md) (Society; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:TranslationProxy#mh:SHA-256:1db28b5e69a017012cdbdbe4355c97fba4dcd8e3522a82f9eb9dc5613bc293af`
- Ref: `TranslationProxy#1db2`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:TranslationProxy#mh:SHA-256:f0e0d8b01e88f45c1d6791f41ed1686a96e40fc48f541c31568d48bb83ad988e`
  - `sema:TranslationProxy#mh:SHA-256:e064cb7e1532435438433393ff3a3b8b87b5c86cf4705974888e9ec746f5d190`
  - `sema:TranslationProxy#mh:SHA-256:d0e389e96f8b3c7b1c73a6c7055c4ca6ad78c6b6bd78ae6884ea92e01d32fc0f`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/TranslationProxy/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#TranslationProxy)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/TranslationProxy.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)