English to Haitian Creole: translate the relationships, not the French-looking words
An English article moves into a different noun phrase
Haitian Creole definite markers normally follow the noun, unlike English the. “The books” can be “liv yo.” The plural reference is carried through the noun phrase’s construction rather than an English-style s ending. Do not paste English article order onto a set of individually translated words.
The singular marker varies with its sound environment, so the equivalent of the is not one invariant token to use after every noun. Decide whether the English source introduces an item, refers back to a known one, or speaks generally. A delivery instruction about one identifiable parcel should remain distinct from a statement about parcels in general.
English be does not have one universal Creole equivalent
“I am hungry” is “Mwen grangou.” This description needs no separately translated am in that position. By contrast, other identity, existence, or location statements can require different constructions. Determine what relationship the English sentence expresses before assigning a target word to every occurrence of be.
“I have a ticket” can be “Mwen gen yon tikè.” The possession construction uses gen and an indefinite noun phrase. A message about having no ticket or about the ticket’s location needs its own grammar; it cannot be made by keeping every positive element and inserting an English-like not arbitrarily.
He and she can share the same target pronoun
Haitian Creole li does not distinguish English he and she. If those English pronouns are the only way a paragraph separates two people, use their names at the point where reference would become unclear. Do not add unnecessary gender labels merely to preserve every grammatical contrast.
Likewise, English singular they refers to one person, not automatically a group. Establish the actual number before choosing a Creole pronoun. Clear reference is particularly important where one person sends a document and another receives it, or where several people’s belongings are discussed in the same message.
Preserve timing and write actual Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole commonly uses preverbal particles to express tense, aspect, and mood while the main verb does not take English-style conjugation endings. A completed action, an ongoing process, and a future plan need interpretation in context. Keep dates, completion words, and conditions attached to the correct action rather than translating will, was, or have independently.
The target is Haitian Creole, with its own standard spelling, not French vocabulary written approximately by sound. Retain è and ò where required, and preserve official names accurately. A deliberate French quotation may remain a quotation, but an ordinary English sentence should become a natural Creole construction rather than a mixture of source order, French assumptions, and scattered Creole words.
Language references
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