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Translate a Technical Jargon Sentence Into Plain English
Specialist language exists for precision, but it does a poor job of communicating across disciplines. A sentence from a medical letter, legal clause, or software spec that would be obvious to the author is genuinely impenetrable to the person it is addressed to. This translates any jargon passage into plain English, defines the key terms, and explains what the translation means for any decision or action you need to take.
I have encountered the following sentence or passage that I cannot parse:
{JARGON_TEXT}
Context: this is from {CONTEXT_SOURCE} [for example: a medical letter, a legal clause, a software documentation page, a financial prospectus, a scientific paper].
Translate it:
1. The plain English version: what this sentence or passage is actually saying, in language I do not need specialist knowledge to understand
2. The key terms: the [two or three] technical terms that carry the most meaning, each defined in one plain-language sentence
3. What it means for me: if this text is about something that affects a decision or action I need to take, what does this translated version mean I should understand or do?
4. What I still need to look up: if there are remaining technical terms or concepts I have not fully explained that could matter, flag them ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.