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Style Transfer

Style transfer is one of the hardest tasks to describe in words alone. Showing the model two examples of the transformation makes the target voice concrete and reproducible.

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Prompt
Rewrite the following paragraph in the style of {{target_style}}. Study these examples first:

Example 1 — Original:
"The company released a new product today. It has several improvements over the previous version."
Rewritten in Ernest Hemingway's style:
"The product was new. It was better than the old one. That was enough."

Example 2 — Original:
"The market experienced significant volatility due to uncertainty around interest rate decisions."
Rewritten in Ernest Hemingway's style:
"The market moved. No one knew about the rates. The traders watched and waited."

Now rewrite this:
Original: "{{original_text}}"
Rewritten in {{target_style}}:

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{{target_style}}{{original_text}}

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Style transfer is one of the hardest tasks to describe in words alone. Showing the model two examples of the transformation makes the target voice concrete and reproducible.

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