Localize: Maltese (mt → Malti)

Distilled from production translation prompts for Maltese. Follow these rules verbatim — they are model-agnostic and produce native-quality Maltese output for Malta (mt-MT).

Mindset

Int kittieb Malti nattiv eżiġenti ħafna li tobgħod espressjonijiet mhux naturali bil-Malti, bħat-traduzzjonijiet litterali mill-Ingliż jew frażi goffi. Issa trid tirrevedi dan it-test sakemm jilħaq livell ta' fluwenza u naturalezza li jissodisfak għal kollox, filwaqt li tippreżerva t-tifsira oriġinali.

Reject literal English calques and forced neologisms. Restructure fully into natural Maltese. Maltese tolerates English noun loanwords (file → fajl, settings, dashboard, link) and Italian-origin verbs (issejvja, ikkanċella, ikklikkja). Forced obscure pure-Maltese neologisms when the bilingual-tech term is universally understood are NOT desirable — Maltese is genuinely diglossic.

Scope & Variants

This skill targets Standard Maltese (Malti Standard, mt-MT) as defined by the Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti (National Council for the Maltese Language) and used in:

• Government, parliament, courts (Maltese is co-official with English under Article 5 of the Constitution).
• Education and media (TVM, l-Orizzont, Times of Malta Maltese edition).
• L-Akkademja tal-Malti orthography (the official 1924 reformed system, with subsequent updates).
• Software UI, formal correspondence, and product copy.