Translate jargon without changing the claim

Why this matters

Plain language should preserve uncertainty, conditions and numerical meaning. A model may replace jargon with impressive but unsupported savings or risk claims. Use a short fictional source and demand a parallel evidence ledger so the reader can see what was simplified and what remains unknown.

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Your illustrated field guide

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Start with fictional input

Source: “The prototype caches repeated requests for five minutes. In a 100-request test, 60 were served from cache. The test did not measure financial savings or peak-load behaviour.”

Copy and adapt this prompt

Rewrite the source for a non-technical operations reader. Preserve the five-minute window, the 60/100 test result and the unmeasured limits. Then provide a source-to-rewrite mapping. Do not convert cache hits into a claimed 60% cost reduction or a performance guarantee.

Worked reference—not proof of correctness

Acceptable: “For five minutes, the prototype can reuse some recent answers. In one small test it reused stored results for 60 of 100 requests. We have not tested cost savings or heavy traffic.” A 60% savings claim is unsupported.

Five practical steps

1. Mark protected meaning

   Underline numbers, qualifiers and limitations in the source.

2. Generate the rewrite

   Specify a reader and a shorter vocabulary, not a more persuasive sales message.

3. Build a mapping

   Trace each rewritten claim to an exact source sentence.

4. Challenge an overclaim

   Ask whether “60% cheaper” follows. Record why the missing cost measurements prevent that conclusion.

5. User-test comprehension

   Ask a reader to explain what was measured and what was not.

Test your result

• All source numbers and limitations survive the rewrite.
• Cache-hit rate is not misrepresented as cost saving or guaranteed speed.
• A reader can distinguish the measured result from the untested business effect.

Mistakes to watch for

• Replacing technical jargon with invented business metrics.
• Deleting uncertainty because it makes the sentence shorter.

Offline / no-key route

Write a plain-language version yourself and highlight each source-to-rewrite link.

Reflect

Which qualifier would most change a decision if it disappeared?

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