Translate text between Japanese and English. Auto-detects source language. Use --hq for high-quality (sonnet), --fast for standard (haiku).
Translate text using Claude subagents.
/tr <text to translate>
/tr --to <lang> <text to translate>
/tr --from <lang> <text to translate>
/tr --hq <text to translate>
/tr --fast <text to translate>
--hq: Force high-quality translation (sonnet model)--fast: Force standard translation (haiku model)--to <lang>: Specify target language (e.g., zh, fr, ko)--from <lang>: Specify source language (e.g., ja, en, zh)Users can configure defaults in translate.local.md:
.claude/translate.local.md (takes precedence)~/.claude/translate.local.mdIf both files exist, project-level settings take precedence.
---
default_quality: hq # or "fast" (default)
primary_language: ja # Language to detect (default: ja)
secondary_language: en # Default target when primary detected (default: en)
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/tr こんにちは
/tr Hello, how are you?
/tr Bonjour # French → Japanese (default)
/tr --to zh Hello, world!
/tr --from ja Konnichiwa
/tr --from en --to ja Hello
/tr --hq この文章を翻訳してください
/tr --fast --to fr Hello, world!
Check for settings file: Search for translate.local.md in the following locations:
.claude/translate.local.md~/.claude/translate.local.mdSettings file resolution:
Parse YAML frontmatter for settings:
default_quality: If hq, default to sonnet modelprimary_language: Language to detect (default: ja for Japanese)secondary_language: Target when primary detected (default: en for English)fast quality, ja/en languagesParse options:
--hq is present → use tr-hq agent (sonnet)--fast is present → use tr agent (haiku)--hq and --fast → --hq takes priorityConstruct prompt for agent: Build the prompt with settings and text
--to/--from options override settings file, which overrides defaultsprimary: <primary_language>, secondary: <secondary_language>--from <lang> is specified, include: --from <lang>--to <lang> is specified, include: --to <lang>Invoke agent: Use Task tool with the appropriate agent (tr or tr-hq)
Return result: The agent returns only the translated text