Octahedron of translation

The Octahedron of translation, stylized Octahedron of translate, is a shanpe that - despite contrary belief - does not translate languages but rather warps/phases things, whether at the wielder's command. 
It has many uses, such as being able to enter the normally inaccessible simply by translating your very being into there. This does not work with meta-locked regions, however. You can still get anywhere by translating your field of vision to see anywhere, similar to a spectator mode - albeit not highly recommended as if the tetrahedron is stolen or deactivated while using, your field of vision will be stuck until re-activation of the shanpe. 
The alformentioned and many other things are by absolute translation. There is also relative translation, in which one does not actively move things/beings but rather selects where to send them. This can yield a good potential for teleportation one's self as well as nearly anything else and even selective intangibility if one were to translate their collision. On top of that, one can manipulate non-material things like the alformentioned collision or things non-solid like wind to do zany things. 
It is highly unrecommended to mess around with this shanpe if you do not know what you are doing. 
=== Gallery ===
File:Active.gif|A still of the shape being activated
File:Active2.gif|The shanpe in use
Category:Octahedrons