Translator Module

Samus Aran posesses a Translator Module that allows her to read scanned Lore left by a species such as the Chozo, Luminoth, Bryyonians, Space Pirates and Alimbics.

It has very little significance to the series except for in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, where various gates are coded with differently-colored holograms depicting the Luminoth language. Until she upgrades her module at the various temples on the planet, she will be unable to scan the gates and lower them. The holograms are colored violet in the Temple Grounds and Great Temple, amber in the Agon Wastes, emerald in the Torvus Bog and cobalt in the Sanctuary Fortress.