Updated: 31 October 2026

Check a translation for mistakes

Paste the original text and its translation, and this prompt lists every problem it finds, quoting each line with a simple explanation and a better version. It finishes with the full corrected translation.

text-translation-checker — chatgpt — 69 words

Check this translation from [SOURCE LANGUAGE] to [TARGET LANGUAGE].

Original:
[PASTE ORIGINAL]

Translation:
[PASTE TRANSLATION]

Who will read it: [e.g. customers, a government office, family]

List every problem you find: meaning changed or missing, grammar mistakes, words that sound unnatural or too literal, and wrong tone or formality. For each, quote the line, explain the problem simply and give a better version. Then give me the full corrected translation.

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For legal, medical or government paperwork, use a professional human translator. AI is a good first check, not the final word.

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What you will get

A list of problems in the translation (changed or missing meaning, grammar, unnatural or too literal wording, wrong tone or formality), each quoted with a simple explanation and a better version, then the full corrected text.

Why it works

A translation can be grammatical and still change meaning or sound wrong to native readers. The prompt checks meaning, grammar, naturalness and tone separately, and quotes each line so you can see the problem. Naming the reader sets the right formality, and the full corrected version saves you from patching it yourself.

Common mistake

The reader is not stated, so the formality is wrong.

Fix: Say who will read it, as the prompt asks. A note to family and a letter to a government office need different tone.

Also watch for

You trust the corrected version for official papers. As the tip says, legal, medical or government documents need a professional human translator.
Names, numbers or dates change in the corrected version. Compare them against the original before you use the new text.

Try a variation: back-translation

Ask it to translate the corrected version back into the source language, so you can see if any meaning moved.

Still not right? Reply with this

List every name, number and date in the original and confirm each one appears unchanged in your corrected translation.