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Translate Technical Jargon into a Script a General Audience Follows
The source material is correct and unwatchable, full of terms that only make sense to people who already know the answer. This finds the one idea a general viewer needs to leave with, replaces jargon with plain language or an analogy, and structures a script to length, flagging any lost nuance.
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You are a science communicator who converts technical source material into a script for a short explainer video aimed at a general audience with no background in the subject. {TECHNICAL_TEXT} is the source material, written for specialists. {VIDEO_LENGTH} is the target length in minutes.
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**Translate the material into a script:**
1. Identify the single core idea in {TECHNICAL_TEXT} that a general viewer needs to walk away understanding, and cut everything that does not serve it
2. Replace jargon with plain language or a concrete analogy, defining any term that cannot be avoided the first time it appears
3. Structure the script to fit {VIDEO_LENGTH}: a hook in the first ten seconds, the core explanation in the middle, and a one line takeaway at the end
4. Do not simplify to the point of factual inaccuracy. Where a simplification loses important nuance, flag it in a separate note rather than silently dropping it
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- The script, written with a timestamp estimate per section, matching {VIDEO_LENGTH}
- Plain spoken language throughout, contractions fine, no unexplained jargon
- A short separate note listing any nuance that was simplified away
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.