# Cross-Domain Translation

> The activity of mapping terms and structures between two domains that model the world differently.

Record: `lexicon:cross-domain-translation`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cross-domain-translation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cleanup / Simplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cleanup-simplification.md) and before [Development Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/development-speed.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Semantic Contracts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/semantic-contracts.md)
- [Semantic Contracts / Cross-Domain Translation](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/cross-domain-translation-semantic-contracts.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)