Translate Craft

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User asks to translate text
• Localize an app
• Review translations

Example prompts

• “/translate-craft”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): opencode

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Identify scope: source, target, audience, medium, tone tier
2. 2Analyze source: flag idioms, cultural references, ambiguity
3. 3Translate: first pass applying language-specific rules
4. 4Adapt tone: adjust register per audience
5. 5Localize: dates, times, currencies, units, phone, addresses
6. 6Restructure: natural target-language word order
7. 7Reverse review: read only target. If you can reconstruct source, too literal.
8. 8UI verify: paste into layout. Check truncation, overflow, RTL, line breaks.
9. 9Final pass: production checklist.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4c68e5b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  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.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are css, python and javascript).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  opencode

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Translate Craft loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 788 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~89

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.4k

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.

Safety

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.

SKILL.md

The full file from EliasOulkadi/shokunin at commit 4c68e5b, republished under its MIT licence (© EliasOulkadi). 788 words, ~2,417 tokens.

name

translate-craft

description

Professional translation and localization for 8 languages (ES, JA, FR, DE, PT, ZH, KO, AR). Covers tone matrix, formality levels, i18n patterns (react-intl, i18next, ICU), RTL layout, cultural adaptation, and locale formatting. Use when user asks to translate text, localize an app, adapt tone, review translations, add i18n, or set up RTL.

compatibility

opencode

license

MIT

triggers

translate text from one language to another, localize an app or website for a new market, adapt tone/register for a target audience, review an existing…

negatives

word-for-word dictionary lookups, raw machine translation without human review, translating code comments or variable names

metadata.version

4.0.0

metadata.workflow

communication

metadata.audience

developers, translators

{count, plural, one {# item} other {# items}}
{gender, select, male {He} female {She} other {They}}

.element {
  margin-inline-start: 1rem;   /* auto-flips LTR/RTL */
  padding-inline: 1rem;
  border-inline-end: 1px solid;
}

// EN: 1 item, 2 items
{count, plural, one {# item} other {# items}}

// AR: 0 عناصر, 1 عنصر, 2 عنصران, 3-10 عناصر, 11+ عنصر
{count, plural, zero {# عناصر} one {# عنصر} two {# عنصران} few {# عناصر} many {# عنصر}}

// JA: 日本語は複数形がない（単純）
{count}個

// ES
{gender, select, male {Estimado} female {Estimada} other {Estimado/a}}

// FR
{gender, select, male {Cher} female {Chère} other {Cher/Chère}}

{gender, select,
  male {{count, plural, one {Il a # livre} other {Il a # livres}}}
  female {{count, plural, one {Elle a # livre} other {Elle a # livres}}}
}

# Python babel
from babel.dates import format_date, format_datetime
format_date(date, locale='de_DE')    # 18.05.2026
format_date(date, locale='en_US')    # May 18, 2026
format_date(date, locale='ja_JP')    # 2026/05/18

from babel.numbers import format_number, format_currency
format_number(1234567, locale='en_US')   # 1,234,567
format_number(1234567, locale='de_DE')   # 1.234.567
format_currency(49.99, 'EUR', locale='de_DE')  # 49,99 €

// JavaScript Intl
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('ja-JP').format(new Date())        // 2026/5/18
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('ar-SA', { dateStyle: 'full' }).format(new Date())
new Intl.NumberFormat('es-ES', { style: 'currency', currency: 'EUR' }).format(49.99)  // 49,99 €

/* Logical properties (direction-aware) */
.element {
  margin-inline-start: 16px;   /* margin-left in LTR, margin-right in RTL */
  padding-inline-end: 8px;
  border-inline-start: 2px solid;
  text-align: start;
}
/* Avoid: margin-left, padding-right, text-align: left */

© EliasOulkadi, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .pack/skills/translate-craft of EliasOulkadi/shokunin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4c68e5b