Document Translation Request Triage
Decide what needs human translation.
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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Triage my translation needs. Documents and their purposes: [DOCUMENTS_PURPOSES]. Languages: [LANGUAGES]. Who will read them: [READERS]. Deadlines: [DEADLINES]. Sort each document into: machine translation is enough, machine translation plus my own check, professional translation recommended, and certified or sworn translation likely required (verify with the receiving authority [VERIFY]). Give reasons based on risk, audience and legal requirements. Create a table with document, recommended route, estimated effort, and questions to ask the receiving organisation. Provide a plan for getting quotes, and the information a translator needs from me. Do not claim that any particular document type needs certification; tell me to confirm with the authority concerned. Add a decision tree of five questions that anyone can use to classify a new document in under a minute, and a template message for asking the receiving authority what translation form they accept. Include a reminder to keep copies of both the original and the translation together and to record who produced the translation.
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