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@@ -2,31 +2,21 @@
 
 Translate RNA sequences into proteins.
 
-RNA can be broken into three-nucleotide sequences called codons, and then translated to a protein like so:
+You can break an RNA strand into three-nucleotide sequences called codons and then translate them into amino acids to make a protein like so:
 
-RNA: `"AUGUUUUCU"` => translates to
+| RNA         | Three-letter codons | Amino acids                             |
+| ----------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| "AUGUUUUCU" | "AUG", "UUU", "UCU" | "Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine" |
 
-Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU"`
-=> which become a protein with the following sequence =>
+There are also three STOP codons. If you encounter any of these codons, ignore the rest of the sequence — the protein is complete. For example, UAA is a STOP codon, so ignore any subsequent codons:
 
-Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
+| RNA               | Three-letter codons               | Amino acids                             |
+| ----------------- | --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| "AUGUUUUCUUAAAUG" | "AUG", "UUU", "UCU", "UAA", "AUG" | "Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine" |
 
-There are 64 codons which in turn correspond to 20 amino acids; however, all of the codon sequences and resulting amino acids are not important in this exercise.
-If it works for one codon, the program should work for all of them.
-However, feel free to expand the list in the test suite to include them all.
-
-There are also three terminating codons (also known as 'STOP' codons); if any of these codons are encountered (by the ribosome), all translation ends and the protein is terminated.
-
-All subsequent codons after are ignored, like this:
-
-RNA: `"AUGUUUUCUUAAAUG"` =>
-
-Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU", "UAA", "AUG"` =>
-
-Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
-
-Note the stop codon `"UAA"` terminates the translation and the final methionine is not translated into the protein sequence.
+In other words, the latter AUG is not translated into another methionine here because it’s preceded by a STOP codon.
 
+There are 64 codons which in turn correspond to 20 amino acids; however, not all codons will be used in this exercise.
 Below are the codons and resulting amino acids needed for the exercise.
 
 | Codon              | Amino Acid    |