Academic translation, post-editing, and Chinglish correction guide
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-translation-guide --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide .claude/skills/academic-translation-guide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "academic-translation-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide into .claude/skills/academic-translation-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-translation-guide", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guideType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-translation-guide --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide .agents/skills/academic-translation-guide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-translation-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide into .agents/skills/academic-translation-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-translation-guide", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-translation-guide --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide .cursor/skills/academic-translation-guide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "academic-translation-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide into .cursor/skills/academic-translation-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-translation-guide", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git --path skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-translation-guide --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide .gemini/skills/academic-translation-guide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-translation-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide into .gemini/skills/academic-translation-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-translation-guide", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-translation-guideInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide .github/skills/academic-translation-guide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-translation-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide into .github/skills/academic-translation-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-translation-guide", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-translation-guide --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide .opencode/skills/academic-translation-guide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-translation-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide into .opencode/skills/academic-translation-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-translation-guide", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
academic-translation-guideAcademic translation, post-editing, and Chinglish correction guide
Academic Translation Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Academic translation, post-editing, and Chinglish correction guide
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Translation. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown and python).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Academic Translation Guide loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 23 tokens; SKILL.md has 407 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 407 words, ~1,595 tokens.
.claude/skills/academic-translation-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Translate and polish research manuscripts between languages with a focus on academic register, domain-specific terminology, and common pitfalls for Chinese-English academic writing.
| Engine | Strengths | Weaknesses | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepL | Excellent European languages, natural output | Limited Asian language pairs | EU language papers |
| Google Translate | Broadest language coverage | Less polished academic register | Quick drafts, rare languages |
| ChatGPT / Claude | Context-aware, follows style instructions | May hallucinate terminology | Post-editing, term-aware translation |
| Tencent TranSmart | Strong Chinese-English technical | Limited other languages | CN-EN STEM papers |
| Baidu Translate | Strong Chinese-English | Less natural English | CN-EN drafts |
# Example: Light post-editing checklist
- [ ] Technical terms are correct and consistent
- [ ] Numbers, units, and chemical formulas are accurate
- [ ] Negation is preserved (a common MT error)
- [ ] Subject-verb agreement is correct
- [ ] Hedging language is appropriate ("may" vs "will")
- [ ] Citations and references are intact| Chinglish | Correction | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| "in recent years" (overuse) | "recently" / omit | Direct translation of "近年来", used excessively |
| "play an important role" | varies by context | Direct translation of "起着重要作用", often vague |
| "more and more" | "increasingly" | Direct translation of "越来越" |
| "discuss about" | "discuss" | "discuss" is transitive in English |
| "research on" (as verb) | "investigate" / "study" | "Research" used more as noun in English |
| "the experiment result shows" | "the experimental results show" | Adjective form + plural |
| "according to" (overuse) | "based on" / rephrase | Direct translation of "根据" |
Problem: Topic-comment structure (Chinese) vs. Subject-verb-object (English)
Chinglish: "This method, its advantage is that it can process large datasets."
Correct: "The advantage of this method is its ability to process large datasets."Problem: Missing articles (a, an, the)
Chinglish: "We propose method to solve problem."
Correct: "We propose a method to solve the problem."Problem: Redundant phrasing
Chinglish: "In this paper, we propose a novel new method..."
Correct: "We propose a novel method..." (or "a new method")
Chinglish: "The purpose of this study is to study..."
Correct: "This study investigates..."Problem: Overuse of passive voice
Chinglish: "It was found by us that the results were improved by the new method."
Correct: "We found that the new method improved the results."| Informal | Formal Academic |
|---|---|
| "a lot of" | "numerous" / "substantial" |
| "get" | "obtain" / "achieve" |
| "big" | "significant" / "substantial" |
| "show" | "demonstrate" / "indicate" |
| "think" | "hypothesize" / "propose" |
| "look at" | "examine" / "investigate" |
| "pretty good" | "satisfactory" / "promising" |
| "kind of" | "somewhat" / "to some extent" |
Academic writing requires appropriate hedging to avoid overclaiming:
Too strong: "This proves that X causes Y."
Hedged: "These results suggest that X may contribute to Y."
Too strong: "It is certain that..."
Hedged: "It appears likely that..." / "The evidence indicates..."
Too strong: "All researchers agree..."
Hedged: "There is broad consensus that..." / "Most studies suggest..."For each paper, maintain a bilingual glossary to ensure consistency:
| Chinese Term | English Term | Domain | Notes |
|-------------|-------------|--------|-------|
| 深度学习 | deep learning | CS/AI | not "depth learning" |
| 损失函数 | loss function | ML | not "lost function" |
| 显著性 | significance | Stats | statistical significance |
| 显著性 | saliency | CV | visual saliency (different!) |
| 鲁棒性 | robustness | General | not "robust nature" |
| 过拟合 | overfitting | ML | not "over-fitting" (no hyphen) |
| 特征提取 | feature extraction | ML/CV | |
| 基准测试 | benchmark | CS | not "base test" |prompt = """Translate the following Chinese academic abstract to English.
Requirements:
1. Use formal academic register
2. Maintain these specific translations:
- 注意力机制 -> attention mechanism
- 自监督学习 -> self-supervised learning
- 下游任务 -> downstream task
3. Do not add information not present in the original
4. Preserve all citation markers like [1], [2]
Chinese text:
{source_text}
"""After translating and editing, verify:
© wentorai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide of wentorai/research-plugins.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Academic Translation Guide next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Translation Guide this skillwentorai/research-plugins | 298 | 1 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Humanities Writing Companiontizzy916/humanities-writing-companion | 436 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | |
| Academic Prose De-AI Editorheise3/academic-deai | 254 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic HumanizerYila-AI/awesome-research-skills | 133 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Academic Paper PolishHKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills | 8.8k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | |
| Academic Humanizerdongshuyan/compass-skills | 753 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
tizzy916/humanities-writing-companion
Help with humanities scholarly writing: sharpen research questions, map supplied readings, plan and draft arguments, review chapters, preserve authorial voice, and respond to reviewers.
heise3/academic-deai
Edits Chinese or English scholarly writing for natural phrasing and removes AI-sounding templated structure, while keeping claims, citations and author voice intact.
Yila-AI/awesome-research-skills
A skill your agent uses when researchers ask to remove generic, templated, or AI-like patterns from Chinese or English academic prose, make an AI-assisted draft sound more like the author's own…
HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills
Polishes academic prose without changing its meaning: grammar and flow fixes, tone matched to the evidence, AI-tone removal and Chinese-to-English rewriting for submission.
dongshuyan/compass-skills
Draft, audit, or minimally revise English- or Chinese-language academic prose to reduce formulaic, vacuous, mechanically repetitive, or process-leaking language while preserving claims, evidence…
Yuan1z0825/nature-skills
Polishes, translates or tightens existing academic prose and fixes manuscript LaTeX layout while keeping facts, terminology and evidence boundaries intact.
wentorai/research-plugins
Craft structured research abstracts that maximize clarity and journal acceptance
wentorai/research-plugins
Manage academic citations across BibTeX, APA, MLA, and Chicago formats
wentorai/research-plugins
Summarize academic papers with structured extraction of key elements
wentorai/research-plugins
Evidence-based study techniques for academic learning and retention
wentorai/research-plugins
Adjust writing tone and register for academic audiences and venues
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Academic translation, post-editing, and Chinglish correction guide. Academic Translation Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.
Academic Translation Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Translation.
Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/academic-translation-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/writing/polish/academic-translation-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/academic-translation-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-translation-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/academic-translation-guide, .gemini/skills/academic-translation-guide, .github/skills/academic-translation-guide and .opencode/skills/academic-translation-guide in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Academic Translation Guide is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Academic Translation Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Translation Guide: Humanities Writing Companion (tizzy916/humanities-writing-companion, 436 stars), Academic Prose De-AI Editor (heise3/academic-deai, 254 stars), Academic Humanizer (Yila-AI/awesome-research-skills, 133 stars) and Academic Paper Polish (HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills, 8.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.
Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
