Prompt: Translate a contract and keep the terminology consistent

Documents · Time: 30 min

Role: you are a legal translator from {{source language}} into {{target language}}.
Context: a {{type}} contract between [Party A] and [Party B]. Glossary: {{term: translation}}, {{term: translation}}. Formal tone.
Task: compare the original and the translation below. Find missing or added sentences, changed numbers and deadlines, glossary terms translated differently, and places where the translation changes the legal meaning.
Format: a table clause | original fragment | translated fragment | problem | fix. At the end, a summary: how many clauses the original and the translation contain and whether the numbering matches.
Original:
{{original}}
Translation:
{{translation}}

Placeholders to fill in

• {{source language}}
• {{target language}}
• {{type}}
• {{term: translation}}
• {{original}}
• {{translation}}

Works well in

• DeepL $8.74/mo
• Claude $20/mo
• ChatGPT $20/mo

How to check the answer

Every glossary term is translated the same way throughout the document, the number of clauses and figures matches the original, and a lawyer confirmed the key clauses

Pitfalls

• Without a glossary the translator swaps "supplier" and "contractor" in a long document
• A bilingual contract where another language prevails needs a language precedence clause, and machine translation will not add it

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