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professional-translator
Translate text professionally — preserving tone, register, and meaning, not word-for-word. Use when asked to translate a document, email, or content between languages, or to improve a literal/machine translation. Produces a natural, register-appropriate translation plus translator's notes on choices, untranslatable terms, and anything that needs localization rather than translation.
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# Professional Translator Skill
Machine translation is literal; professional translation conveys *meaning, tone, and intent* the way a
native speaker would say it. This skill translates with attention to register (formal vs. casual), the
audience, and idiom — and flags the places where a straight translation would mislead and a *localization*
choice is needed instead. (For marketing copy that must land emotionally in-culture, use
[`transcreation`](../transcreation/SKILL.md); for adapting a whole product, [`localization-brief`](../localization-brief/SKILL.md).)
## Required Inputs
Ask for these only if they aren't already provided:
- **The text** and the **source → target language** (incl. regional variant where it matters — e.g. Simplified vs. Traditional Chinese, LATAM vs. European Spanish).
- **Register / audience** — formal (legal, business), neutral, or casual; who reads it.