Terminology: one term, one rendering

One term rendered three ways in one document.

Prompt

First decide what the text does: inform, persuade or process. The same sentence translates differently. You translate function, not words.

Task: One term rendered three ways in one document.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - source term list
   - existing renderings and sources
   - industry convention
   - client preference
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- list terms with counts
- one rendering each with rationale
- before and after table
- client preference overrides convention

[Process]
1. Confirm purpose, audience, venue
2. Fix terminology and proper nouns
3. Restructure per target-language habit
4. Flag what cannot be translated literally and needs the author
5. Check numbers, units, names

[Output]
Translation, glossary, list of uncertainties.

[Do not]
- No word-for-word rendering
- Never smooth away facts or qualifiers
- No inconsistent invented terminology
- Never present guesses as fact

What to state before it starts

Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.

source term list
existing renderings and sources
industry convention
client preference

Go through each of these

Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.

list terms with counts
one rendering each with rationale
before and after table
client preference overrides convention

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