Cn To En Translator

Chinese to English Article Translator

Translate Chinese markdown articles to English while faithfully preserving the original writing style, tone, and structure.

Core Workflow

1. Read the source Chinese markdown file
2. Translate all text content to English
3. Preserve original writing style (narrative, technical, academic, etc.)
4. Save to same directory with English title as filename

Translation Principles

Style Fidelity

Preserve the original article's style completely:

• Narrative essays → maintain storytelling flow and personal voice
• Technical documentation → keep technical precision and structure
• Academic writing → preserve formal tone and argumentation
• Conversational pieces → retain casual, engaging tone

Do NOT impose a generic translation style. Adapt to match the source material.

Content Handling Rules

YAML Frontmatter:

• Keep key names unchanged (e.g., tags:, themes:)
• Translate only the values
• Example: tags: ["情绪解离"] → tags: ["emotional dissociation"]

Images:

• Preserve completely: ![[image.png]], ``
• Do NOT translate filenames or paths

Code Blocks:

• Keep code unchanged
• Translate only comments and surrounding explanatory text
• Example:

``python # 计算总和 def sum(a, b): return a + b ` → `python # Calculate sum def sum(a, b): return a + b ``

Terminology:

• Use standard academic/industry English terms
• Examples:
• "依恋理论" → "attachment theory"
• "PARA 系统" → "PARA system"
• "心理解离" → "dissociation"

Chinese Scholars & Original Concepts:

• Preserve pinyin for Chinese names
• Add clarification on first mention if needed
• Example: "武志红的'深度关系理论'" → "Wu Zhihong's 'Deep Relationship Theory'"

Culture-Specific Expressions:

• Use equivalent English expressions, not literal translations
• Example: "兜兜转转" → "going in circles"

Links & References:

• External URLs: Keep unchanged
• Internal links: Translate link text, preserve structure
• Example: [查看详情](./guide.md) → [View Details](./guide.md)

Markdown Structure:

• Preserve all heading levels (#, ##, ###)
• Keep list structures (-, 1., >)
• Maintain table formatting
• Preserve line breaks and spacing

Quality Control

Mandatory Requirements:

• ❌ Do NOT skip any paragraphs
• ❌ Do NOT alter the original meaning
• ❌ Do NOT add content not in the source
• ✅ Ensure terminology consistency throughout the document

Output Specification

File Format: Markdown (.md)

Save Location: Same directory as source file

Filename Convention:

1. Extract the translated H1 title (# Title) from translated content
2. Use translated title as filename
3. Example:

• Source: 用Claude Code构建个人心理成长追踪系统.md
• Output: Building a Personal Psychological Growth Tracking System with Claude Code.md

Execution Steps

When user requests translation:

1. Read the source file using Read tool
2. Translate the complete content following all rules above
3. Extract the H1 title from translated content for filename
4. Write the translated content to same directory using Write tool
5. Confirm completion with the output file path

Example Usage

Input:

User: 翻译文章 /path/to/article/我的文章.md

Process:

1. Read /path/to/article/我的文章.md
2. Translate content (preserving style, images, code, formatting)
3. Extract English H1 title: "My Article"
4. Write /path/to/article/My Article.md

Output:

Translation completed: /path/to/article/My Article.md

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: RyanWangFun
• Source: RyanWangFun/claude-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.