Skill: translate

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• Translate text to/from another language
• Say something in a different language
• Convert text between languages
• Get a translation of a phrase or document
• Detect the language of text

Input Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Example
text	Yes	The text to translate	Hello, how are you?
to	Yes	Target language code or name	es, french, zh
from	No	Source language (auto-detected if omitted)	en

Common Language Codes

Code	Language	Code	Language
en	English	fr	French
es	Spanish	de	German
pt	Portuguese	it	Italian
zh	Chinese	ja	Japanese
ko	Korean	ar	Arabic
ru	Russian	hi	Hindi
nl	Dutch	sv	Swedish

Procedure

1. Extract the text and target language from the user's request
2. Run the bundled script:

   python3 skills/translate/scripts/translate.py "Hello, how are you?" --to es
   

   With source language:

   python3 skills/translate/scripts/translate.py "Bonjour" --from fr --to en
   

3. The script auto-installs deep-translator if needed
4. Report the translation to the user

Bundled Scripts

Script	Type	Description
scripts/translate.py	Python	Translate text between languages

Script Usage

# Translate to Spanish (auto-detect source)
python3 scripts/translate.py "Hello, how are you?" --to es

# Translate from French to English
python3 scripts/translate.py "Bonjour le monde" --from fr --to en

# Translate to Japanese
python3 scripts/translate.py "Good morning" --to ja

Example

translate "hello world" to spanish
how do you say "thank you" in japanese
translate this to french: "the meeting is at 3pm"
what does "bonjour" mean in english