Technical Writing
Owns meaning-preserving editing, translation, terminology, rhythm, and QA.
1. Workflow
- Identify surface: English, Japanese, translation, skill text, or QA.
- Preserve meaning. Do not rewrite commands, identifiers, product names, paths, code, links, versions, or APIs for style.
- Keep glossary/terminology polish here when meanings are stable; use
clarify-conceptsfirst when they are not. - For generic/AI-like prose, read Prose Review.
- For English checks, read Vale And Harper.
- For English-to-Japanese, clean English first, then read English-to-Japanese Workflow and Japanese Writing Style.
- For Japanese editorial review, read Japanese Writing Style.
- For flat explanatory prose, read Cognitive Rhythm. Build rhythm from source material.
- Apply only clarity changes; preserve facts and intent.
2. Boundaries
Issue 225/226 boundaries: no automation, model/cost/privacy, external-sharing approval, derivative publication approval, or chunking.
Do not add direct polished-Japanese drafting from scratch. Repair English first, then translate or QA Japanese.