What is translate-book?
translate-book is a Claude skill by deusyu that translate books (PDF/DOCX/EPUB) via parallel sub-agents with resume. It is listed under Docs & writing and has 2,128 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | deusyu |
| Repository | deusyu/translate-book |
| Popularity | 2,128 GitHub stars |
| Category | Docs & writing |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #639 of 1,262 Claude skills; #34 in Docs & writing |
| SKILL.md length | 428 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-12 |
| Stars this week | +23 |
Is translate-book safe to install?
translate-book scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| No network requests | Pass |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- shell:
```bash - scripts:
scripts/convert.py
How do I install translate-book?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/deusyu/translate-book --skill translate-book
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/deusyu/translate-book cp -r translate-book/translate-book ~/.claude/skills/translate-book
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the translate-book skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs translate-book for you:
Install the "translate-book" skill from https://github.com/deusyu/translate-book into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.