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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def translate_paths (properties, path):
 """ Interpret all path properties in 'properties' as relative to 'path' The property values are assumed to be in system-specific form, and will be translated into normalized form. """

    assert is_iterable_typed(properties, Property)
    result = []

    for p in properties:

        if p.feature.path:
            values = __re_two_ampersands.split(p.value)

            new_value = "&&".join(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(path, v)) for v in values)

            if new_value != p.value:
                result.append(Property(p.feature, new_value, p.condition))
            else:
                result.append(p)

        else:
            result.append (p)

    return result