/TRANSLATE={ ASCII_TO_EBCDIC | EBCDIC_TO_ASCII } Translate data (which is assumed to represent simple character text) from ASCII into EBCDIC or vice versa. One of the two keywords must be specified. If ASCII_TO_EBCDIC is used then tab expansion is done unless /NOEXPAND_TABS is specified. If the reverse is used, no tab expansion will be attempted regardless of /expand_tabs. Translation from EBCDIC into ASCII is done before any modifications from /EDIT are performed; translation from ASCII into EBCDIC is done after any requested edits are performed.