Agent skill

Legal Translation

by lawve-ai in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills

Translate legal documents from any language into English while preserving .docx formatting and translating track changes and headers/footers.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Legal Translation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill legal-translation -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills legal-translation --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/en-uk-legal-translation-wouter-van-den-berg .claude/skills/legal-translation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
legal-translation
GitHub stars
847
Token cost
~14k tokens
SKILL.md length
7,503 words
Files
201 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
154
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Translate legal documents from any language into English while preserving .docx formatting and translating track changes and headers/footers.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read('SKILL.md') in full. → Read() the active step doc you are about… → Read() any lexicon / sub-lexicon you… → …
  • The user asks to translate a legal document
  • SKILL.md covers Pre-step checkpoint — read…, Do not ask the user — these…, Multi-document workflow and IMPORTANT: Single-document…, plus 12 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Legal Translation is an agent skill from lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills. Translate legal documents from any language into English while preserving .docx formatting and translating track changes and headers/footers. Use this skill whenever the user asks to translate a legal document, contract, deed, agreement, or any formal legal text into English. Also trigger when the user mentions translating .docx files that contain legal content, or asks for a "format-preserving translation" of a legal document. This skill covers all legal domains: finance, M&A, corporate, IP, real estate…

Its SKILL.md is about 14k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 202 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `README.md`, `references/consumer-retail.md` and `references/corporate-ma-jv.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Translation and Policy and terms drafting. It works with Microsoft Word. The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome Agent Skills for automating legal work.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to translate a legal document
  • Any formal legal text into English
  • The user mentions translating .docx files that contain legal content
  • Asks for a format-preserving translation of a legal document

Example prompts

  • “format-preserving translation”
  • “translate this contract”
  • “translate this into English”
  • “/legal-translation”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read('SKILL.md') in full.
  2. Read() the active step doc you are about to operate on.
  3. Read() any lexicon / sub-lexicon you were using before compaction.
  4. Post the one-line "Understanding of skill discipline is confirmed, now initiating translation process." before resuming work.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 045f738. 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

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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.

Context cost

Legal Translation loads about 14k tokens when it runs, and up to ~125k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 181 tokens; SKILL.md has 7,503 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~181
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~14k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~125k

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

Auto-check passed

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 7,503 words (~14,242 tokens).

“Translate legal documents from any language into publication-quality English while preserving all original .docx formatting (fonts, styles, headers, tables, numbering, etc.).”

— opening of SKILL.md by lawve-ai, Custom licence
name
legal-translation
metadata.author
Wouter van den Berg - wouter@monteclima.com - linkedin.com/in/wjvandenberg
metadata.license
mit
metadata.version
2026-05-12

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 200 other files (scripts, references) in skills/en-uk-legal-translation-wouter-van-den-berg of lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • references/consumer-retail.md
  • references/corporate-ma-jv.md
  • references/employment.md
  • references/energy-infrastructure.md
  • references/finance-banking.md
  • references/general-legal.md
  • references/ip-it-technology.md
  • references/litigation-settlement.md
  • references/ndas-service-agreements.md
  • references/permitting-environmental.md
  • references/public-procurement.md
  • references/real-estate.md
  • references/taxes.md
  • references/trading-capital-markets.md
  • references/transport-and-insurance.md
  • scripts/apply_translations_textmatch.py
  • scripts/clean_conversion_artifacts.py
  • … and 182 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 045f738

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Legal Document SummarizationTHUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese874—~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Legal Translation

What does Legal Translation do?

Translate legal documents from any language into English while preserving .docx formatting and translating track changes and headers/footers. Legal Translation is an agent skill from lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills.docx formatting and translating track changes and headers/footers.

When should I use Legal Translation?

Legal Translation fits situations like: the user asks to translate a legal document; any formal legal text into English; the user mentions translating .docx files that contain legal content; asks for a format-preserving translation of a legal document.

How do I install Legal Translation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill legal-translation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/en-uk-legal-translation-wouter-van-den-berg in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills) into .claude/skills/legal-translation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Legal Translation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill legal-translation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/en-uk-legal-translation-wouter-van-den-berg in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills) into .agents/skills/legal-translation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Legal Translation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill legal-translation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/legal-translation, .gemini/skills/legal-translation, .github/skills/legal-translation and .opencode/skills/legal-translation in your project.

What does Legal Translation need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Legal Translation needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Legal Translation access the network?

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.

Is Legal Translation safe to install?

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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Legal Translation use?

Legal Translation has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Legal Translation use?

About 14k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 57k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 111k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Legal Translation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Legal Translation: Canvas Humanizer (X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot, 125 stars), Persian Writing (ali2000hos/persian-writing, 368 stars), Pii Contract Analyze (gregmos/PII-Shield, 150 stars) and Legal Document Producer (rohasnagpal/legal-ai-skills, 180 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Legal Translation?

lawve-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, which has 847 GitHub stars. The repository holds 154 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.

Source: lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.