Weksa/data/target-language-ontology/en-US.yaml
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profile_id: weksa.target_cultural_ontology.en-US.v0
language:
code: en
locale: en-US
script: Latn
scope: >
Bounded English dialogue lowering profile for current Weksa fixtures. This is
not a claim about all English-speaking cultures.
authority:
owns:
- address directness choices
- casual versus formal register
- technical metaphor legibility
- understatement or sarcasm risk
does_not_own:
- source meaning
- speaker identity
- whole-culture description
salience_axes:
address:
relevant_distinctions:
- direct second person is acceptable when scene context names the addressee
- imperative force can be softened or sharpened through wording
lowering_questions:
- Does direct address preserve the speech act?
- Does softening erase urgency?
register:
relevant_distinctions:
- casual
- technical
- formal
- intimate
- institutional
lowering_questions:
- Is technical language character pressure or exposition sludge?
- Does sarcasm obscure the actual warning?
agency:
relevant_distinctions:
- explicit agent responsibility is usually available
- passive phrasing can hide authority or blame
lowering_questions:
- Should the speaker own the intervention directly?
- Does the line preserve who is at risk?
forbidden_flattenings:
- Do not treat English as the neutral source for other target languages.
- Do not use generic assistant politeness when a character voice is required.
- Do not let sarcasm replace the actual predicate being lowered.