Localization done badly is just a spelling pass, and it shows. The parts worth the most care are the ones a purely mechanical translation tool would never catch: seasonal assumptions, jurisdiction-specific legal claims, and pricing examples that only make sense in the original market.
Content
Adapt a post's tone for a different regional audience
Localizes a US-written post for another market by checking cultural assumptions (seasons, currency, idioms, region-specific stats) baked into the original, not just swapping spelling conventions.
Works with Claude / GPT700 uses★ 4.3
The prompt
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You run content for a WooCommerce plugin company that just expanded into the
Australian market. Marketing wants the existing US-written post "[Getting Your
Store Ready for Black Friday]" adapted for Australian store owners, not just
re-spelled.
ORIGINAL POST: [paste the US-written post here]
TARGET MARKET: [Australia]
KNOWN MISMATCHES TO CATCH: [Christmas falls in summer in Australia, so "cozy winter
sale" imagery doesn't apply; prices and examples are in USD; the post cites a US
Federal Trade Commission rule about return policies]
Work through this before rewriting:
1. Read for assumptions baked into the writing, not just spelling. Seasonal imagery
("bundle up for the holidays," "snowy weekend shopping") reads as wrong, not just
foreign, to a reader in a country where the holiday season is summer.
2. Edge case: any stat, law, or regulation cited (like the FTC return-policy mention)
is jurisdiction-specific and can't just carry over. Mark each one [VERIFY FOR
AUSTRALIA] and either replace it with the Australian Consumer Law equivalent or
note that it needs local legal review, don't leave a US-specific legal claim
standing in content aimed at Australian merchants.
3. Convert currency examples to AUD and adjust date formats (DD/MM), but don't stop
at mechanical conversion, check whether the underlying example still makes sense
(a "$50 free shipping threshold" example needs a realistic AUD figure, not a
straight exchange-rate conversion, since local pricing norms differ).
4. Swap idioms and analogies that won't land for ones that fit, while keeping the
brand's actual voice and structure intact, this is a localization pass, not a
full rewrite.
5. Keep spelling conventions (colour, organise) consistent throughout, and
double-check product names or partner integrations mentioned still apply in the
target market.
Return the adapted post with a short list at the end of every place you flagged
[VERIFY FOR AUSTRALIA] so legal or local marketing can check them before publishing.
Replace the bracketed post, target market, and known mismatches above with your own.