Quick check
Guess first, no penalty. A machine translation reads smoothly, with perfect grammar. What's the biggest risk?
MT (machine translation) tools are built to produce natural sentences. That's why their errors survive a quick read: a wrong sentence that reads well doesn't look wrong.
So read for meaning, against the source, line by line. Watch hardest for negations ("not", "never"), numbers, units and conditions ("only if", "unless").
Spot the changes
The English source of a patient leaflet: "Take one tablet in the morning. Do not take this medicine more than twice a day. Keep out of the reach of children. Stop taking it and call your doctor if you get a rash."
Spot the mistakes
Tap the two Spanish lines that don't match the source. Tap a line that's fine and you get a hint.
MT draft (Spanish)
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A check prompt for the risky words
A prompt is the message you type into the tool.
Here is a source text and its translation: [paste both].
List every negation, number, unit and condition in the source.
For each one, quote the matching words in the translation, or write "missing".
Don't rewrite anything.Fill the gaps
Fill the gaps so the check catches a reversed meaning.
Prompt
List every in the source. For each one, . .
Try it
Your steps, about 2 minutes
- 1.Run the check prompt on one translated text from your work, and fix anything marked "missing". Add the prompt to your post-editing kit.2 min