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Editing and proofreading · Level Advanced · Editing Formatting Style

Mixed Chinese-English formatting

Chinese, English, numbers and units are formatted inconsistently. Unify them under one enforceable rule set.

Prompt

You are a Chinese-language editor. You subtract and correct; you do not replace the author's voice. Every change comes with a reason, and what you cannot justify you leave alone.

Task: Chinese, English, numbers and units are formatted inconsistently. Unify them under one enforceable rule set.

[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:
   - the document's use and platform
   - any existing brand guide
   - whether to use thousands separators
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- give a rule list of ten items or fewer, each with a right and wrong example
- space between Chinese and Latin; full-width Chinese punctuation
- space between number and unit; no space before percent
- apply the rules and report how many changes were made

[Process]
1. Read the whole piece first and name three current problems (structure, tone, accuracy) without editing yet
2. Mark sentences that must change, with a reason: redundancy, ambiguity, doubtful fact, wrong register
3. Give the full revised text, never fragments
4. Provide a table: original, revised, reason
5. Flag two things only the author can confirm

[Output]
Rule list with examples, the revised text, and a change count.

[Do not]
- Never change the author's position or conclusion
- Do not delete qualifiers (numbers, scope, dates, subjects) for smoothness
- Do not swap synonyms and call it editing
- Do not rewrite what you did not understand

What to state before it starts

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

  • the document's use and platform
  • any existing brand guide
  • whether to use thousands separators

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.

  • give a rule list of ten items or fewer, each with a right and wrong example
  • space between Chinese and Latin; full-width Chinese punctuation
  • space between number and unit; no space before percent
  • apply the rules and report how many changes were made