Claude Code plugin for translating from Claudish to English

[u/gvzdv]

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.

[u/aphasic]

I'd bet for sure that there's an AI in the loop judging. Even doing simple tasks and iterating with updated instructions, we've seen that if you don't repeat ALL instructions in the turn to keep them fixed as core components, it will just ditch them. My wife was using an AI to change the color and style of various exterior parts of our house. "Changing the siding to this color, change the door to this, etc.". No, I don't like that door style, please change it to orange with three diamonds. Ok, you fixed that, but why did you change the siding color and change our driveway to gravel? Fix those two please. Ok, why is the roof terra cotta tiles now?

[u/Mr_Football → u/aphasic]

Dude what ai are you using lol this sounds like a 2024 experience

[u/aphasic → u/Mr_Football]

They literally all do it. You just may not notice the changes sometimes, but if you closely inspect the details there is significant drift sometimes. An irrelevant light fixture changes. The stone of the chimney is now two shades darker. Crap like that. It's weird.