A sophisticated translation skill that uses parallel subagents and SHA-256 validation to convert books into multiple languages and formats.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install deprecated-skill
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What is Translate Book?
Translate Book is a high-performance AI agent skill designed to handle complex, large-scale document translation tasks. Originally released as rainman-translate-book, this refined version is part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem and provides a robust pipeline for converting entire books into any target language. It excels at maintaining structural integrity and linguistic consistency by breaking down source files into manageable segments for parallel processing.
The skill leverages the power of Calibre for initial document processing and utilizes parallel subagents to ensure that translation is both fast and accurate. By integrating manifest-based validation, users can trust that the final output is a faithful and complete translation of the original source material, regardless of the file size or complexity.
Translate Book Use Cases
- Translating entire technical manuals or literature from EPUB to PDF in a different language.
- Automating the localization of DOCX business reports using parallel AI processing.
- Converting and translating research papers into HTML formats with functional Tables of Contents.
- Ensuring data integrity for large-scale translation projects through automated SHA-256 manifest checks.
How Translate Book Works
- The skill utilizes Calibre to ingest the source document (PDF, DOCX, or EPUB) and convert it into structured Markdown chunks.
- Parallel subagents are triggered to translate each Markdown chunk independently into the requested language.
- A manifest-based SHA-256 validation process runs to verify the integrity of every translated chunk against the original content.
- The validated chunks are merged into a cohesive document structure.
- The system builds and exports the final translated content into multiple formats, including HTML (with TOC), DOCX, EPUB, and PDF.
Translate Book Setup
To get started with this skill, ensure you have the latest version installed via your preferred manager. If you were previously using rainman-translate-book, you should migrate to the updated package to continue receiving features from Openclaw Skills.
# Uninstall the deprecated package
clawhub uninstall rainman-translate-book
# Install the latest version
clawhub install translate-book
# Or add it directly to Claude Code
npx skills add deusyu/translate-book -a claude-code -g
Translate Book Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes translation projects through a structured pipeline involving several intermediate and final data types:
| Component | Details |
|---|---|
| Input Source | Supports standard .pdf, .docx, and .epub files. |
| Intermediate Chunks | Markdown (.md) segments used for parallel translation processing. |
| Integrity Manifest | A manifest file containing SHA-256 hashes for every translated chunk. |
| Final Output | Generates a suite of files including HTML (with TOC), DOCX, EPUB, and PDF. |
Translate Book Advanced Features
- Multi-agent parallel processing to significantly reduce translation time for long-form books.
- Integrated Calibre conversion engine for high-fidelity document parsing.
- SHA-256 manifest validation to detect and prevent data loss during the translation lifecycle.
- Automatic Table of Contents (TOC) generation for HTML-based outputs.
- Native compatibility with Openclaw Skills environments for seamless agent integration.
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