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Use a translated source without flattening meaning

Tracks translation uncertainty in research notes.

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Inputs: [ORIGINAL EXCERPT], [TRANSLATION], [RESEARCH CLAIM]. Compare key terms, agency, negation and scope. Identify phrases requiring a fluent reviewer and avoid claiming certainty from machine translation. Output: A term note, cautious paraphrase and reviewer questions. Check: The paraphrase stays within what both versions clearly support. If essential information is missing, identify it rather than filling the gap with a guess. Keep the disputed original phrase visible beside each tentative English interpretation for reviewer checking.