Rewrite my message for a global audience and non-native English readers
Makes a message easy to understand across countries and cultures: no idioms, clear dates, and plain international English.
The prompt
Rewrite my message so it works for a global audience, including people who read English as a second language.
My message: [PASTE]
Where readers are based: [COUNTRIES OR REGIONS]
How it will be read: [email / Teams or Slack / intranet / may be machine-translated]
Rewrite it using these rules:
1. Plain international English - short sentences (under 20 words), one idea each, common words.
2. No idioms, slang, or sports metaphors ("touch base", "ballpark", "hit it out of the park", "circle back").
3. No ambiguous dates, times, or numbers - write dates as 3 March 2026 style, include time zones (e.g. 15:00 CET / 09:00 ET), and state currency codes.
4. Expand acronyms and explain company-specific terms the first time.
5. Avoid culture-bound references - local holidays, humor, or assumptions about workweeks and seasons.
6. Explicit, polite asks - direct enough for readers who expect clarity, respectful enough for readers who expect formality.
7. Translation-friendly - avoid phrasal verbs where a single word works ("find out" to "learn"), and avoid sarcasm or irony.
Return:
1. The rewritten message.
2. Changes made - a short list of the idioms, dates, and terms I replaced.
3. Cultural notes - anything that may land differently in the regions I listed (e.g. directness, deadlines over holidays). Keep these general and avoid stereotypes.
Keep all facts and the original meaning.
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What to fill in
- PASTE
- COUNTRIES OR REGIONS
- email / Teams or Slack / intranet / may be machine-translated
How this prompt is built
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