# Normalized Translation

> The ability to translate between systems through one shared canonical form rather than many pairwise mappings.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Multiple Competing Models](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/multiple-competing-models.md) and before [Bounded Context Purity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bounded-context-purity.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Enabled by

- [Canonical Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonical-model.md)

## Linked from

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)