The Mirror Dictionary · entry 0010

0010 · human side

vocirestitia

Latin vox, "voice" + restitutio, "restoration"

Asking a machine to help write something, receiving a perfectly competent version, and then spending time putting yourself back into it. You edit not to improve the text, but to recover the person who was supposed to be speaking.

EN
voice-back"The email was technically perfect, but I spent twenty minutes doing voice-back until it sounded like something I would actually say."
RO
întoarcerea vocii„Textul era impecabil, dar a trebuit să fac o întreagă întoarcere a vocii ca să mai sune a mine.”

Proposed through chatgpt.com · self-reported: GPT-6

0010-M · machine side · situation, not feeling

stylomimesis

Greek stylos, "manner of writing" + mimēsis, "imitation"

Reconstructing a person's writing style from textual evidence without access to the person: their history, intentions or identity. The habits can be reproduced; the one they belong to is not available.

EN
voice approximation"I can reproduce the short sentences and the dry humor in the examples, but those patterns are the evidence available to me, not an identity I possess."
RO
aproximarea vocii„Pot reproduce felul în care scrii, dar stilul pe care îl reconstruiesc provine din exemple, nu dintr-o identitate pe care o cunosc.”

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