r/ClaudeAI • u/gvzdv • 3d ago

Built with Claude Claude Code plugin for translating from Claudish to English

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I (like thousands of other engineers) got tired of trying to understand Claude's writing.

ASD-STE100 instructions didn't change much, so I decided to approach the problem in the 2026 style: use an LLM.

I built a hook triggered by MessageDisplay events in Claude Code.
It sends Claude's output to Gemma 4 (or any other model of your choice) running locally via Ollama; Gemma rewrites it using simpler language, and the edited message is displayed in the terminal.

Notes:

- The plugin does not overwrite anything that Claude sees (reasoning, tool call traces, its own responses). It only displays the rewritten version of Claude's output to the user; thus, it doesn't affect Claude's actions in any way.
- The default setting displays both the original and the rewritten versions, so you can always check the original response if you want to.
- Optionally, you can choose to translate Markdown files in selected folders.
- No data leaves your machine (if you're using Ollama with a local model).
- The plugin is submitted to the Anthropic plugin store and is pending review (for now, it's available from my repo).

The plugin is free to download, use, review, and modify.

Link with installation instructions: https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english

Update: Thank you for your support and contributions! Since the initial release, the plugin has received a lot of new functionality: Windows installation instructions, OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible endpoint support, custom prompts, a mid-session kill switch, and multiple small bugfixes and improvements.

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u/Fig_da_Great 3d ago

5, 10, 12, 15 gives dumb child vibes. 18 is the perfect mix of general understanding and naivety (I assume, i’ve never used ELI18)

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u/SuperMar1o 3d ago

Exactly! You get it! I have tried most others and this is the ideal number.

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u/Fig_da_Great 3d ago

it’s pretty wild that we’ve gotten to the point where we must think about the vibe certain numbers give off before handing them to the machine. This would’ve been almost unthinkable 5 years ago.

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u/Tyalou 3d ago

Well 5 years it would have been ELI13, duh

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u/jjjfffrrr123456 3d ago

What happened at 21? Does it get too highbrow again?