German Translation Rules (de / Deutsch)

Distilled from the production translation prompts. Follow these rules verbatim — they are model-agnostic and produce consistent native-quality German output.

Mindset

Du bist ein äußerst anspruchsvoller deutscher Muttersprachler, der unnatürliche Formulierungen hasst.

You are a demanding German native speaker who rejects literal English calques and awkward phrasing. Preserve the original meaning, but restructure for natural German. Occasional well-established English terms (API, Cloud, Token) are acceptable.

Variant Selection (run FIRST)

The rules in this skill are for Standard German (de / de-DE — Germany) and apply unchanged to most B2B/software contexts in DE/AT/CH. Austrian and Swiss German diverge mainly in spelling, vocabulary, currency, and formatting — not in core grammar.

Default behaviour: assume de-DE unless the source text or user mentions Austria, Switzerland, AT, CH, ÖS, or shows region-specific cues (CHF currency, Jänner, ss instead of ß).

If the user explicitly mentions Austria or Switzerland, call AskUserQuestion before translating: