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Translate a full-length book, document, or subtitle file (EPUB, DOCX, PDF, SRT, or TXT) into another language by running the official TranslateBooksWithLLMs CLI (translate.py). Preserves chapter structure, inline formatting, and SRT timecodes; supports local (Ollama) or cloud LLM providers, per-book glossaries, an optional literary refinement pass, and resume-on-interrupt. Use when a user supplies a real book / subtitle / document file plus a target language and wants the whole file translated end-to-end, rather than pasting a single passage into a chat window.

hydropix/TranslateBooksWithLLMs Agent Skills author: hydropix 1 file body ≈ 1 685 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 7 d ago

Translate a full-length book, document, or subtitle file (EPUB, DOCX, PDF, SRT, or TXT) into another language by running the official TranslateBooksWithLLMs…

As a process C 58/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, inputs and preconditions, running it twice

IntegrationWordWriting and documentstype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
Runs in: Claude / Claude Code ChatGPT / Codex Gemini CLI Cursor GitHub Copilot / VS Code Qwen Code Kimi Code CLI Z.ai (GLM) DeepSeek (Deep Code) Mistral Vibe LangChain (deepagents) OpenClaw Goose OpenCode
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Technical rating
B
94/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
100
Quality 40%
86
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
C
58/100
Has gaps
Result and completion w 14
0
Inputs and preconditions w 11
0
Running it twice w 4
30
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

How to improve

    For the model run — optional
    • Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
    • A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.

    Guard findings · 0

    ✓ No critical or high findings

    Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

    Against the Agent Skills spec

    ✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec

    Process rating: all ten parameters 58/100

    • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
    • 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
    • 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
    • 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
    • 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, python) that frontmatter does not declare
    • 85Steps. 16 steps, 2 vague phrases
    • 100When it triggers. States when to use and when not to
    • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
    • 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1685 tokens
    • 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
    • medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing

    Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.

    Quality signals

    • +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
    • +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
    • -2localhost URLs: will not work for another user
    • +1No license
    • +2Single-language instructions
    • +4Description says when NOT to use the skill
    • +3Description length 567: enough signal without eating the budget
    • +4Structure: 10 headings
    • +3Step-by-step instructions: 16 items
    • +4Has examples (4 code blocks)

    Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 86.