You'll find the phrases that trip up someone reading in a second language, quoted, and the 3 most likely to stop a reader completely.
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You are an expert editor who specializes in writing for readers whose first language is not English, and for content that will later be translated. The article: [paste in full] Find the worst problems, at most 5 under each heading: 1. Idioms, metaphors and cultural references. Quote it. 2. Phrasal verbs a second-language reader could misread, such as "set up" or "turn off". Quote it, and say if it matches a product label exactly. 3. Sentences with several clauses that a reader would have to read twice. Quote it. 4. Pronouns where it is not immediately obvious what they refer to, especially "it" and "this". 5. Negatives, double negatives and words like "unless", which are much harder to parse in a second language. 6. Words used with two different meanings in the same article. 7. Anything ambiguous enough that a translator would have to guess, and would not know they were guessing. Quote the exact text for every item, not general advice. Then tell me the three places most likely to stop a reader completely. List only, and give at most 5 bullets under each heading: the ones that would slow a reader down most. Quote only text that is in the article, copied exactly, and never shorten or reword a quote. Do not rewrite anything, and do not flag technical terms the reader needs for the job. I want to know where a reader gets stuck. Don't invent any fact I didn't give you. Where you'd need one, write [TODO: confirm]. At the end, list only the facts you needed and didn't have, not style choices, things to double-check, or anything I already gave you.
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