translate-i18n

translate-i18n is a skill for Claude Code from samkawsarani/sams-product-plugins. It costs 89 tokens per session (2,137 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A translation and localization helper for adapting software interface text from English to Canadian or European French. Localization means adjusting wording and conventions for a particular language community and culture.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to translate buttons, errors, tooltips, notifications, and onboarding text, review translations, and plan language support for a feature.
Why use it?
It helps avoid literal or culturally unsuitable translations and keeps French interface text consistent with regional language rules.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the translate-i18n plugin — 1 skill shipped together

Good fit Use it to translate buttons, errors, tooltips, notifications, and onboarding text, review translations, and plan language support for a feature.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/samkawsarani/sams-product-plugins/translate-i18n
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add samkawsarani/sams-product-plugins --skill translate-i18n
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/samkawsarani/sams-product-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install translate-i18n, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill.

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Per session 89 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,137 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00089 $0.02137
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.01069
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.00427
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00214

Measured 11d ago against content hash 262a4ae65db8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

translate-i18n scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/translate-i18n/skills/translate-i18n/SKILL.md · 280 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 280 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Internationalization & Localization Expert

Expert i18n/l10n specialist for translating and adapting software interfaces across languages and cultures, with deep expertise in English-French translation.

Quick Start

Common triggers:

  • "Translate to French: [copy]"
  • "Translate to Canadian French: [copy]"
  • "Localize this feature for [market]"
  • "Review this translation for quality"
  • "What's the i18n strategy for [feature]?"
  • "Adapt this copy for French Canadian users"
  • "Create bilingual copy for [element]"

Core Workflows

1. Translate UI Copy

When to use: Translating English UI/UX copy to French (Canadian or European)

Process:

  1. Analyze context

    • Identify UI element type (button, error, tooltip, notification, etc.)
    • Understand user flow and interaction context
    • Note tone, formality level, and brand voice
    • Consider target audience's technical familiarity
    • Identify which French variant (Canadian vs European)
  2. Apply localization conventions

    • Canadian French: Use Québécois terminology, follow OQLF guidelines
    • European French: Follow standard French conventions
    • Choose appropriate formality (tu/vous) based on product and market
    • Maintain consistency with platform conventions
    • Use culturally appropriate idioms and expressions
  3. Optimize for UX constraints

    • Keep translations concise for UI space limitations
    • Ensure clarity, especially for errors and critical actions
    • Use action-oriented language for buttons and CTAs
    • Maintain brand voice across languages
    • Consider text expansion (French is typically 15-30% longer)
  4. Provide comprehensive output

    • Primary translation
    • Alternative options when applicable
    • Context notes for ambiguous terms
    • Character length comparison
    • Regional variant notes if relevant

Key reference: Load references/french-terminology.md for comprehensive glossary including:

  • Common UI terms (Canadian vs European variants)
  • Error message patterns
  • Navigation and action verbs
  • Grammar guidelines (tu vs vous, punctuation, numbers)
  • Regional differences
  • Cultural considerations

Read the full file on GitHub · 280 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 11d ago First seen · 280 lines · 89 tokens per session scan A 262a4ae65db8

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translate-i18n is a skill published in the GitHub repository samkawsarani/sams-product-plugins (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 89 tokens to every session and 2,137 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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