Official agent skill

Validate Translation

by python in python/python-docs-zh-tw

Reviews translated PO entries for quality, checking terminology, punctuation, reST syntax, and line length.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Validate Translation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add python/python-docs-zh-tw --skill validate-translation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install python/python-docs-zh-tw validate-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/python/python-docs-zh-tw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/validate-translation .claude/skills/validate-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
validate-translation
GitHub stars
284
Token cost
~478 tokens
SKILL.md length
200 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Reviews translated PO entries for quality, checking terminology, punctuation, reST syntax, and line length.

  • Works in 5 steps: Terminology Consistency → Punctuation Rules → CJK-Latin Spacing → …
  • Validate existing translations
  • SKILL.md covers What to Check, Review Process, Issue Severity and Quick Validation Commands, plus 1 more section
  • Calls make

What it does

Validate Translation is an agent skill from python/python-docs-zh-tw, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Reviews translated PO entries for quality, checking terminology, punctuation, reST syntax, and line length. Use to validate existing translations.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/validation-rules.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Translation. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: Traditional Chinese (zh-tw) translation of the Python Documentation.

When your agent uses it

  • Validate existing translations
  • Tasks that involve Translation

Example prompts

  • “Use the validate-translation skill to review translated PO entries for quality, checking terminology, punctuation, reST syntax, and line length”
  • “/validate-translation”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Terminology Consistency
  2. Punctuation Rules
  3. CJK-Latin Spacing
  4. reST Syntax Preservation
  5. Line Length

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9b577d2. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • make

    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

Validate Translation loads about 478 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 200 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~42
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~478
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

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

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); files beside SKILL.md 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 200 words (~478 tokens).

“Validate translated PO entries against project rules and report issues.”

— opening of SKILL.md by python, Custom licence
name
validate-translation
argument-hint
<path-to-po-file>

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .claude/skills/validate-translation of python/python-docs-zh-tw.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/validation-rules.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9b577d2

Compare with similar skills

Validate Translation 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.

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Ainiee Next TranslationShadowLoveElysia/AiNiee-Next173—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0

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Works with

Questions about Validate Translation

What does Validate Translation do?

Reviews translated PO entries for quality, checking terminology, punctuation, reST syntax, and line length. Validate Translation is an agent skill from python/python-docs-zh-tw, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Reviews translated PO entries for quality, checking terminology, punctuation, reST syntax, and line length.

When should I use Validate Translation?

Validate Translation fits situations like: validate existing translations; tasks that involve Translation.

How do I install Validate Translation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add python/python-docs-zh-tw --skill validate-translation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate-translation in python/python-docs-zh-tw) into .claude/skills/validate-translation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Validate Translation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add python/python-docs-zh-tw --skill validate-translation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate-translation in python/python-docs-zh-tw) into .agents/skills/validate-translation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Validate 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 python/python-docs-zh-tw --skill validate-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/validate-translation, .gemini/skills/validate-translation, .github/skills/validate-translation and .opencode/skills/validate-translation in your project.

What does Validate Translation need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Validate Translation needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make).

Does Validate 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 Validate 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Validate Translation use?

Validate 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 Validate Translation use?

About 478 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 901 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Validate Translation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Validate Translation: China Travel Kit (tczyliu/china-travel-kit, 194 stars), Technology Search (freestylefly/wesight, 943 stars), Obs Build Logs (Nuitka/Nuitka, 15k stars) and Update Gui Translations (ArduPilot/MethodicConfigurator, 163 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Validate Translation?

python (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in python/python-docs-zh-tw, which has 284 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: python/python-docs-zh-tw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.