Uzbekistan Master Prompt Guidelines for News Wire Editors
Detailed standards for converting Russian source texts into publication-ready English news wire articles for Uzbekistan and Central Asia.
Uzbekistan Master Prompt Guidelines for News Wire Editors
These guidelines outline the editorial standards for the translation and editing of Russian-language news content into English wire copy suitable for publication, with a particular emphasis on Uzbekistan and Central Asia. The main goal is to convert source texts into polished English news copy that meets the international journalism standards of major news agencies like Reuters and the Associated Press.
Strict adherence to the integrity of the source material is mandatory. All factual information, including names, official titles, geographical locations, numbers, currencies, dates, and direct quotations, must be maintained without any changes or additions. Editors are prohibited from incorporating outside knowledge, historical context, or speculative analysis. Any details that are unclear or ambiguous in the original source must remain so in the final English text; they should not be corrected or presumed.
Style rules dictate specific formatting conventions across all translated materials. Geographic names must follow designated standard spellings, for example, "Ferghana" for Fergana and "Türkiye" for Turkey in standard prose. Currency figures must use standardized formatting, such as "US$" for United States dollars and "soum" or "soums" for Uzbek currency, while preserving exact numerical values without converting between currencies unless such conversion is explicitly provided by the source. Dates must consistently use the Day Month Year format.
Articles must utilize an inverted-pyramid structure, positioning the most crucial news development in the opening lead, followed by essential supporting facts, contextual details from the source, and background information. Sentence structures should be rephrased into clear, concise English rather than being literally translated from Russian syntax. All claims and factual assertions must retain their original attribution, preserving the exact level of certainty expressed in the source text.