translate

name	translate
description	Translates an English blog article to French. Triggers when the user mentions "translate", "French version", or asks to create a content/fr/ counterpart of an English article.

Translate an article to French

Input

If the user does not provide a specific article to translate, look at the current status of the Git repository to check which article the user is currently editing.

Steps

1. Read the English article.
2. Determine the French article path: replace content/en/ with content/fr/. The filename may differ (French slug), so match by uuid in the front matter if a French version already exists. If the English version is wip.html, then the French version uses the same name.
3. Translate the article content following the rules below.
4. If a French article already exists, update its content. Otherwise, create a new file with an appropriate French slug.
5. Disclose AI usage.
6. Do not summarize anything.

Translation rules

• Keep all Markdown markup intact.
• Keep original link reference names and URLs unchanged.
• Do not translate code blocks or command examples.
• In French, footnote marks go before the punctuation.
• Avoid word-for-word translation: use idiomatic French and assume the reader is a native speaker.
• Avoid "anglicismes" when a proper French equivalent exists.
• Avoid "on" as a pronoun.
• Translate the title and description front matter fields.
• Keep uuid, tags, cover, and attachments fields unchanged.

Disclose AI usage

To disclose AI usage in the frontmatter, add an ai-usage key with Translated from French or Traduit de l'anglais with your model name between parentheses, e.g. (Claude Opus 4.7). If the key already exists, ask what to do.