Show HN: I created a translation service prompt
I am in the process of learning European Portuguese because I moved to Portugal. I was having significant friction with Google Translate, so I started giving more and more instructions to Gemini Flash to create a powerful, low-friction experience when getting translations between English and EU Portuguese. This became a generally-powerful prompt that can serve any language combination, so I posted it to github. I haven't tried it with any other model providers yet. Let me know what you think!
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2026-11-05 21:30:26.759Z
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Repository: AlkalineGarrett/language-root-translator. Source account: I am in the process of learning European Portuguese because I moved to Portugal. I was having significant friction with Google Translate, so I started giving more and more instructions to Gemini Flash to create a powerful, low-friction experience when getting translations between English and EU Portuguese. This became a generally-powerful prompt that can serve any language combination, so I posted it to github. I haven't tried it with any other model providers yet. Let me know what you think!
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Source votes: 2 votes (Nov 5, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 2 (Nov 5, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Show HN: GitHub-like reply with "R" for Basecamp and Slack” (Show HN, Nov 5, 2026); “Show HN: calsdk, one TypeScript API for Google Calendar, Outlook and iCloud” (Show HN, Nov 5, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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