Revise a draft in two passes: meaning, then language
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Detect changed quantities, certainty and scope before improving sentence structure and style.
A fluent sentence can still misrepresent its source. Revise content before polishing grammar: check actor, date, quantity, condition and certainty. A pilot report with eighteen participants and eleven favourable comments is not a survey of every employee. Costs were estimated at around six hundred euros, not finally invoiced at exactly that amount. Next, check language: obwohl introduces a subordinate clause with final verb position, while trotzdem links a main clause with verb-second order. Lastly, read the result as the intended audience. A shorter sentence is useful only if it retains the distinctions the reader needs. A systematic revision can make both accuracy and readability better.
An dem freiwilligen Pilotversuch nahmen achtzehn Beschäftigte teil.
Eighteen employees took part in the voluntary pilot.
Elf Personen äußerten sich positiv.
Eleven people gave positive feedback.
Über die genaue Haltung der übrigen sieben ist nichts Sicheres bekannt.
Nothing definite is known about the precise views of the other seven.
Die Kosten wurden auf etwa sechshundert Euro geschätzt.
The cost was estimated at around six hundred euros.
Obwohl einige Rückmeldungen positiv sind, ist die Ausweitung noch nicht beschlossen.
Although some feedback is positive, expansion has not yet been decided.
Die endgültige Rechnung liegt noch nicht vor.
The final invoice is not yet available.
A fluent sentence can still misrepresent its source. Revise content before polishing grammar: check actor, date, quantity, condition and certainty. A pilot report with eighteen participants and eleven favourable comments is not a survey of every employee. Costs were estimated at around six hundred euros, not finally invoiced at exactly that amount. Next, check language: obwohl introduces a subordinate clause with final verb position, while trotzdem links a main clause with verb-second order. Lastly, read the result as the intended audience. A shorter sentence is useful only if it retains the distinctions the reader needs. A systematic revision can make both accuracy and readability better.
Detect changed quantities, certainty and scope before improving sentence structure and style.
Do not polish an inaccurate universal claim into an elegant inaccurate universal claim, or silently turn an estimate into a settled invoice.
First verify meaning against the source; then revise syntax, register and cohesion. Keep estimates, participant counts and decision status distinct.
Write a 180–220-word corrected German report from these facts: an optional pilot involved 18 employees;11 gave favourable comments; the remaining 7 provided no favourable comment, with their exact views unknown; estimated cost around 600 euros, no final invoice; wider rollout undecided. Explain strengths and limitations, use one correct obwohl or trotzdem construction and propose an evaluation step.