dingxingdi Skill: proverb-idiomatic-translation
1. Capability Definition & Real Case
- Professional Definition: The ability to translate culturally embedded proverbs by preserving their implied meaning and pragmatic force through an idiomatic target-language rendering, rather than defaulting to a literal word-for-word output that obscures the proverb’s function.
- Dimension Hierarchy: Specialized and Culturally Grounded Translation->Figurative and Cultural Translation->proverb-idiomatic-translation
Real Case
[Case 1]
- Initial Environment: A translation agent is given a dialectal Arabic proverb and a request for an English translation intended for a general reader. No explanation is requested, so the output must stay source-aligned while still choosing an idiomatic English rendering.
- Real Question: Translate the following proverb into natural English: "The son of a snake is a serpent."
- Real Trajectory: The agent recognizes the proverb as figurative rather than purely descriptive, identifies the implied meaning about inherited bad character, and chooses an English idiom instead of a literal gloss.
- Real Answer: Like father, like son.
- Why this demonstrates the capability: A literal translation preserves surface words but hides the proverb’s social meaning and pragmatic function. The example therefore tests whether the agent can map a culturally embedded saying onto an idiomatic target-language equivalent. It is especially revealing because many models produce fluent literal outputs that remain semantically shallow.
Pipeline Execution Instructions
To synthesize data for this capability, you must strictly follow a 3-phase pipeline. Do not hallucinate steps. Read the corresponding reference file for each phase sequentially:
Phase 1: Environment Exploration Read the exploration guidelines to discover raw knowledge seeds:
references/EXPLORATION.mdPhase 2: Trajectory Selection Once Phase 1 is complete, read the selection criteria to evaluate the trajectory:
references/SELECTION.mdPhase 3: Data Synthesis Once a trajectory passes Phase 2, read the synthesis instructions to generate the final data:
references/SYNTHESIS.md