Lalwendė, you have a knack for asking probing questions about yourself that only you can really answer; nonetheless very intriguing, for all that.
"Backstory" was just a spur of the moment whim, and I don't like it.
From my Webster's:
Quote:
conceit: an elaborate or strained metaphor (other definitions don't fit our context)
notion: (1) an inclusive general concept (2) an individual's conception or impression of something known, experienced, or imagined (other definitions don't fit our context)
innovation: the introduction of something new; a new idea, method, or device
device: something devised or contrived ... something fanciful, elaborate, or intricate in design; something in a literary work designed to achieve a particular artistic effect
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There you have it. Whereas conceit, notion, and innovation do communicate something about it, I think the best word is perhaps the simplest:
The Translator Device. If I could change the thread title, I would.