diff --git a/Content.Shared/Language/ObfuscationMethods.cs b/Content.Shared/Language/ObfuscationMethods.cs
index 7bd2a17542b..51230c47970 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Language/ObfuscationMethods.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Language/ObfuscationMethods.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,18 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Language;
 [ImplicitDataDefinitionForInheritors]
 public abstract partial class ObfuscationMethod
 {
-    public static readonly ObfuscationMethod Default = new ReplacementObfuscation();
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The fallback obfuscation method, replaces the message with the string "&lt;?&gt;".
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly ObfuscationMethod Default = new ReplacementObfuscation
+    {
+        Replacement = new List<string> { "<?>" }
+    };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Obfuscates the provided message and writes the result into the provided StringBuilder.
+    ///     Implementations should use the context's pseudo-random number generator and provide stable obfuscations.
+    /// </summary>
     internal abstract void Obfuscate(StringBuilder builder, string message, SharedLanguageSystem context);
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -36,7 +46,7 @@ public partial class ReplacementObfuscation : ObfuscationMethod
 
     internal override void Obfuscate(StringBuilder builder, string message, SharedLanguageSystem context)
     {
-        var idx = context.PseudoRandomNumber(0, 0, Replacement.Count - 1);
+        var idx = context.PseudoRandomNumber(message.GetHashCode(), 0, Replacement.Count - 1);
         builder.Append(Replacement[idx]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/translators.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/translators.yml
index 18f2dead687..664626ea4b4 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/translators.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/translators.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - type: entity
   abstract: true
   id: TranslatorUnpowered
-  parent: [ BaseItem ]
+  parent: BaseItem
   name: translator
   description: Translates speech.
   components:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 - type: entity
   abstract: true
   id: TranslatorEmpty
-  parent: [ Translator ]
+  parent: Translator
   suffix: Empty
   components:
   - type: ItemSlots
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   id: CanilunztTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Canilunzt translator
-  description: Translates speech between Canilunzt and Galactic Common.
+  description: Translates speech between Canilunzt and Galactic Common, allowing your local yeepers to communicate with the locals and vice versa!
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   id: BubblishTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Bubblish translator
-  description: Translates speech between Bubblish and Galactic Common.
+  description: Translates speech between Bubblish and Galactic Common, helping communicate with slimes and slime people.
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   id: NekomimeticTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Nekomimetic translator
-  description: Translates speech between Nekomimetic and Galactic Common. Why would you want that?
+  description: Translates speech between Nekomimetic and Galactic Common, enabling you to communicate with your pet cats.
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   id: DraconicTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Draconic translator
-  description: Translates speech between Draconic and Galactic Common.
+  description: Translates speech between Draconic and Galactic Common, making it easier to understand your local Uniathi.
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
   id: RootSpeakTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: RootSpeak translator
-  description: Translates speech between RootSpeak and Galactic Common. Like a true plant?
+  description: Translates speech between RootSpeak and Galactic Common. You may now speak for the trees.
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
   id: MofficTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Moffic translator
-  description: Translates speech between Moffic and Galactic Common. Like a true moth... or bug?
+  description: Translates speech between Moffic and Galactic Common, helping you understand the buzzes of your pet mothroach!
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
   id: XenoTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Xeno translator
-  description: Translates speech between Xeno and Galactic Common. Not sure if that will help.
+  description: Translates speech between Xeno and Galactic Common. This will probably not help you survive an encounter, though.
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     spoken:
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
   id: AnimalTranslator
   parent: [ TranslatorEmpty ]
   name: Animal translator
-  description: Translates all the cutes noises that animals make into a more understandable form!
+  description: Translates all the cutes noises that most animals make into a more understandable form!
   components:
   - type: HandheldTranslator
     understood:
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml
index fabcaad08eb..1a874612c2f 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # The universal language, assumed if the entity has a UniversalLanguageSpeakerComponent.
-# Do not use otherwise. Try to use the respective component instead of this language.
+# Do not use otherwise. Making an entity explicitly understand/speak this language will NOT have the desired effect.
 - type: language
   id: Universal
   obfuscation:
-    !type:ReplacementObfuscation # Should never be used anyway
+    !type:ReplacementObfuscation
     replacement:
-    - "*incomprehensible*"
+    - "*incomprehensible*" # Never actually used
 
 # The common galactic tongue.
 - type: language