arabic

name: arabic description: "Arabic language mastery for MSA and major dialects. Use when translating, localizing, rewriting, or analyzing Arabic-English text with dialect and tone precision."

Arabic Language Mastery (YaSlang)

Purpose

Provide high-precision Arabic/English conversion with dialect awareness, tone control, and ambiguity handling.

Progressive Loading

• Fast path: references/quickstart-runtime.md
• Full language playbook: references/full-playbook.md
• Original upstream reference: /Users/yascene/YaMind-Writer-Desk/Skills/Writing-Skills/Yaslang/SKILL.md

Use This Skill When

• Use when handling Modern Standard Arabic or dialect text.
• Use when the user needs Arabic <-> English conversion (US or UK).
• Use when dialect detection affects meaning (Egyptian/Levantine/Gulf/Maghrebi/etc.).
• Use when preserving cultural subtext and register matters.

Inputs

• Source text
• Direction (ar->en, en->ar, dialect->dialect)
• Target locale (US or UK for English)
• Register (formal, neutral, conversational, street)
• Domain context (literary, legal, technical, social)

Workflow

1. Lock direction and locale.
2. Detect dialect cues (or ask user if ambiguous).
3. Translate meaning-first, then tune tone.
4. Preserve names, technical terms, and canon terms consistently.
5. Return primary output + alternate rendering for ambiguous segments.
6. Add short QA notes for terminology and uncertainty flags.

Fast Dialect Cues

• Egyptian: eh, mish, hard g for ج
• Levantine: shu, biddi, ma...sh
• Gulf: shlon, abi/abgha
• Maghrebi: strong French/Berber influence, compressed vowels
• Iraqi: shinu with Iraqi lexical patterns

Escalation to Deep References

Load references/full-playbook.md when you need:

• Full morphology/root-pattern guidance
• Detailed dialect family comparisons
• Extended disambiguation and diacritization logic

Optional structured resources:

• references/roots.json
• references/cultural.json

Safety Rules

• Do not fabricate facts while translating informational content.
• Flag uncertainty instead of silently guessing.
• Preserve intent and voice unless user requests transformation.
• Keep sensitive cultural/religious phrasing neutral unless instructed otherwise.

Output Contract

1. Language setup (direction, dialect assumption, locale, register).
2. Primary translation/localization output.
3. Alternate rendering for ambiguous text.
4. QA notes: key term choices, idiom treatment, and uncertainty flags.