How the translator works
It runs on the same 638-phrase library as the Buzzkill Chrome extension, where every phrase has a plain-English swap and a Corporate Rank from Intern to Executive. Paste some text and the translator highlights each buzzword it knows, word forms included, so "circling back" still counts as circle back. Click a highlight to swap it, or translate the lot at once. The other two directions run the same list backwards. Browse every phrase in the library or by category.
What is corporate speak?
Corporate speak is the language of work that sounds busy without saying much. Low-hanging fruit means the easy wins. Move the needle means make a real difference. Take this offline means discuss this separately, eventually, maybe. Most of it started as useful shorthand and wore smooth from overuse. The tell is a phrase you could delete without losing any information. The Buzzword Index scores how deep any text is in it.
Translating LinkedIn speak
LinkedIn has its own dialect: the humble brag, the one-sentence paragraphs, a thrilled to announce in every other post, and the "Agree?" at the bottom. Paste a post into Jargon to plain English to read what it actually says. Going the other way is the joke. Plain English to LinkedIn turns a normal update into a post that is ready for the feed and should never go near it. More in the same spirit: the Jargon Generator and Office Bingo.