translate
Translates text between languages using Google Translate. Use when you need to translate text from one language to another.
When & Why to Use This Skill
This Claude skill provides high-quality, context-aware text translation across a wide range of global languages, including English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic. By leveraging advanced multilingual understanding, it ensures that semantic meaning and cultural nuances are preserved, making it an essential tool for cross-border communication and professional content localization.
Use Cases
- Multilingual Business Communication: Seamlessly translate professional emails, reports, and memos to facilitate clear collaboration with international clients and teams.
- Content Localization: Adapt marketing materials, social media posts, and website copy for diverse regional audiences while maintaining the original brand tone.
- Technical Documentation: Convert complex technical manuals, README files, and API documentation into multiple languages to support a global developer base.
- Academic and Research Support: Assist researchers in understanding foreign language papers and documents with accurate, semantically-rich translations.
| name | translate |
|---|---|
| description | Translates text between languages using Google Translate. Use when you need to translate text from one language to another. |
| allowed-tools | Bash |
Translate Skill
This skill translates text between different languages using Claude's native translation capabilities or direct API calls.
Instructions
To translate text:
- Accept the text to translate, source language, and target language as parameters
- Use Claude's multilingual understanding to translate the text directly
- Return the translated text accurately
Supported Languages
Common language codes:
en- Englishfr- Frenches- Spanishhe- Hebrew (עברית)de- Germanit- Italianpt- Portugueseru- Russianzh-CN- Chinese (Simplified)ja- Japanesear- Arabic
Implementation
Use Claude's native multilingual capabilities to:
- Read the input text in the source language
- Understand its semantic meaning
- Generate an accurate translation in the target language
- Preserve the meaning while adapting to target language conventions
Usage Example
Input: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" Source: English (en) Target: French (fr) Output: "Le rapide renard brun saute par-dessus le chien paresseux"
Notes
- Translation quality leverages Claude's multilingual training
- Very long texts may need to be handled carefully
- Some languages may have different conventions for formatting
- Handle right-to-left languages (Hebrew, Arabic) with proper encoding
- NO PYTHON CODE - Use Claude's native translation capabilities only