# translate.py
> Transform data using Python expressions (XOR, ADD, etc.)

**Category:** [[categories/examine-static-properties-deobfuscation|Examine Static Properties > Deobfuscation]] | **Tier:** Rich (FOR610) | **Author:** Didier Stevens
**Docs:** [https://docs.remnux.org/discover-the-tools/examine+static+properties/deobfuscation](https://docs.remnux.org/discover-the-tools/examine+static+properties/deobfuscation)

## Usage
```bash
translate.py "byte ^ 35" < input.bin > output.bin
```

## Recipes
- [[recipes/base64-xor-shellcode|Decode Base64 + XOR Shellcode]]
- [[recipes/office-full-decode-chain|Full Office Macro Decode Chain]]

## Workflows
- [[workflows/document-analysis-workflow|Malicious Document Analysis]] — Step 5: Payload Decoding
- [[workflows/string-deobfuscation-workflow|String & Data Deobfuscation]] — Step 4: Multi-Byte / Custom Decoding

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- [[tools/1768|1768.py]] — Parse Cobalt Strike beacon configuration from shellcode or m
- [[tools/balbuzard|balbuzard]] — Extract and deobfuscate patterns from suspicious files.
- [[tools/base64dump|base64dump.py]] — Extract and decode Base64-encoded strings from files
- [[tools/brxor|brxor.py]] — Brute-force XOR key detection for single-byte XOR-encoded st
- [[tools/chepy|chepy]] — Decode and otherwise analyze data using this command-line to

## FOR610
**Labs:** 3.4
**Sections:** 3

#xor #transformation #decoding #didier-stevens