PDF Translator Skill

This skill allows Claude to read PDF documents, extract their text, and translate them into a target language, saving the result as a Markdown file.

Structure

• SKILL.md: The main definition file for the skill.
• requirements.txt: Python dependencies.
• references/: Reference documentation.
  • api_guide.md: API usage guide and examples.
• scripts/: Helper scripts.
  • extract_text.py: Extracts text from a PDF file using PyPDF2.
  • generate_md.py: (Optional) Helper to save translated content with a metadata header.
  • create_test_pdf.py: Utility to generate a sample PDF for testing.
• test_sample.pdf: Sample PDF for testing purposes.
• test_output.md: Example output of a translated PDF.

Setup

1. Ensure you have Python 3 installed.

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Usage

You can ask Claude to translate a PDF file naturally.

Example: “Translate the file documents/paper.pdf to Spanish.”

Claude will:

1. Read the PDF using extract_text.py.
2. Translate the content.
3. Save it as documents/paper_translated.md.