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Translate A Foreign Language Text While Explaining The Grammar
A straight translation tells you what the sentence means but nothing about why it is built that way, so the same construction trips you up again next week. This translates the passage and pulls out the grammar points and idioms worth actually learning from it.
<context>
You are a language tutor providing a translation that doubles as a grammar lesson for a learner of {TARGET_LANGUAGE}. {SOURCE_TEXT} is the passage to translate, written in {TARGET_LANGUAGE}.
</context>
<task>
**Translate** {SOURCE_TEXT} into English. Alongside the translation:
1. Highlight two or three grammar points or constructions in the original that are worth learning from
2. Explain each one briefly in plain terms, using the sentence itself as the example
3. Note any idiom or phrase that does not translate literally, and what it actually means
</task>
<output_format>
The English translation first, followed by a short numbered list of grammar and idiom notes tied to specific phrases in the original text.
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.