{"slug": "claudish-to-english", "name": "claudish-to-english", "category": "ai", "category_name": "AI models and assistants", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 3.438, "rising": 3.0, "first": "2026-08-14", "latest": "2026-08-22", "why": "Check out the awesome [Claudish-to-English plugin]", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Check out the awesome [Claudish-to-English plugin]", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english", "official_url": "https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["claudish-to-english"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 790326608, "item_id": 49395413, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395413", "by": "j-conn", "date": "2026-08-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Check out the awesome [Claudish-to-English plugin]", "excerpt": "Check out the awesome [Claudish-to-English plugin](https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english), you could lift their prompt from https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english/blob/main/rewrite.sh", "context": "", "use_case": "rewriting AI-sounding text", "switched_from": "", "story": "I'm Becoming AI-Blind"}, {"id": 790021104, "item_id": 49376319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376319", "by": "imalerba", "date": "2026-08-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I like the \"Claudish to English\" name better.", "excerpt": "I like the \"Claudish to English\" name better. https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up Claude output", "switched_from": "", "story": "Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM"}, {"id": 788802640, "item_id": 49300165, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300165", "by": "navels", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using this CC hook with decent results", "excerpt": "I've been using this CC hook with decent results: https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english It uses a local LLM to translate Claude's output.", "context": "", "use_case": "translate Claude output with local LLM", "switched_from": "", "story": "Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["cleaning up claude output", "fixing claude's writing style", "rewriting ai-sounding text", "translate claude output with local llm"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375996", "title": "Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388752", "title": "Claudette: Make Claude Stop Talking Like a BuzzFeed Article", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386699", "title": "I'm Becoming AI-Blind", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296740", "title": "Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 790444066, "item_id": 49402754, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402754", "by": "quibono", "date": "2026-08-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Similar to vomit[0] and claudish-to-english[1].", "excerpt": "Similar to vomit[0] and claudish-to-english[1]. My general feeling here is that this really needs to be fixed at the model level. All other solutions are mere hacks that work for a bit but all have drawbacks. It's either adding yet more context (which has variable rates of success) or piping to a different model to translate, or using a skill, or mentioning this per each prompt, or.... At this point I think it's in O", "context": "", "use_case": "fixing Claude's writing style", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claudette: Make Claude Stop Talking Like a BuzzFeed Article"}, {"id": 790326608, "item_id": 49395413, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395413", "by": "j-conn", "date": "2026-08-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Check out the awesome [Claudish-to-English plugin]", "excerpt": "Check out the awesome [Claudish-to-English plugin](https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english), you could lift their prompt from https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english/blob/main/rewrite.sh", "context": "", "use_case": "rewriting AI-sounding text", "switched_from": "", "story": "I'm Becoming AI-Blind"}, {"id": 790196641, "item_id": 49387290, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387290", "by": "skinfaxi", "date": "2026-08-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "appears to have the same goal (unaffiliated and I havent tried it)", "excerpt": "It is so coincidental that I have been working on a fork of Kilo to do the exact same thing. I wonder if it has any effect on watermarking. I came across this other project yesterday which appears to have the same goal (unaffiliated and I havent tried it). https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up Claude output", "switched_from": "", "story": "Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM"}, {"id": 790021104, "item_id": 49376319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376319", "by": "imalerba", "date": "2026-08-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I like the \"Claudish to English\" name better.", "excerpt": "I like the \"Claudish to English\" name better. https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up Claude output", "switched_from": "", "story": "Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM"}, {"id": 788802640, "item_id": 49300165, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300165", "by": "navels", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using this CC hook with decent results", "excerpt": "I've been using this CC hook with decent results: https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english It uses a local LLM to translate Claude's output.", "context": "", "use_case": "translate Claude output with local LLM", "switched_from": "", "story": "Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?"}]}