[openbeos] High-level translator question

I was reading that BeOS article mentioned earlier and 
found the concept of Translators interesting.

What I'd like to know is how well does it work 
in practice? If I have a Translator for Photoshop 
images, for example, how does it handle layers?
If a Translator always translates to some intermediate 
abstract format, how does it handle vendor-specific 
features? Or are Translators only meant for simple 
formats like text and monolayer images?

Ray

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