Creating Prompts
Prompts control how the AI translates (tone, domain, rules, formatting).
What makes a good translation prompt
- Target audience and tone (formal/informal)
- Domain constraints (legal, medical, technical)
- Rules for numbers, punctuation, terminology
- Instructions to preserve tags and placeholders
Quick checklist
- Specify the language direction (source → target)
- Specify style and audience (formal/informal, US/UK spelling, etc.)
- Tell the model what to do with tags/placeholders (keep, don’t reorder, don’t delete)
- Tell the model what to do with terminology (use termbase terms when provided)