Back-Translation Check
Spot meaning drift by translating back.
Added October 15, 2026. Written with AI assistance and checked for clarity and placeholders; not reviewed by a lawyer, accountant, clinician or other professional. How these prompts are made
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Run a back-translation check. Original text in [ORIGINAL_LANGUAGE]: [ORIGINAL_TEXT]. Translation in [TARGET_LANGUAGE]: [TRANSLATION]. Translate the translation back into the original language as literally as sensible, without looking at the original. Then compare the two versions segment by segment in a table: Original | Back-translation | Difference | Is it a translation problem or a natural variation? Highlight differences in meaning, certainty, tone, and numbers. Rank the five most important issues and propose revisions to the translation. Explain that back-translation has limits and cannot judge naturalness in the target language, so a native reviewer is recommended for important texts. Add an extra step in which I list the three sentences that matter most (for example those with obligations or warnings) and you check them more carefully with alternative back-translations. Provide a short scale for rating the impact of each difference and a summary sentence I can send to the translator explaining the issues without blame.
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