It may be the space surrounding a coil, or between the plates of a capacitor, or it may be the matter comprising the translator itself. As in the Dea-Faretto detector. Translation by inert gases. This one takes some explaining, but is has to do with the generation of powerful natural scalar potentials. Each of these processes will be described in detail in the book, and practical examples will be given.
Virtual particles are standard quantum physics, and are described in textbooks on the subject.
Virtual particles are identical to normal particles, but are temporally unstable. Virtual Particle flux. See quantum vacuum. Virtual Particle Flux Collector. The virtual particle flux collector is a component of scalar electro-magnetic systems which converts an electrostatic charge into pure virtual particle flux.