Translate a full article from a foreign URL into natural, publication-quality Simplified Chinese markdown.
Trigger
When user sends a link in format:
https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com/article
Or:
translate: https://example.com/article
Workflow
Step 1: Fetch Content
GET markdown content from r.jina.ai/{url}. If the URL doesn't already have the r.jina.ai/ prefix, add it automatically.
Step 2: Content Analysis
Before translating, read through the full article and identify:
- Subject & context: what the article is about, its background knowledge
- Key terminology: technical terms, proper nouns, and domain-specific jargon; decide consistent Chinese translations upfront
- Tone & style: is it casual/formal/technical/storytelling? Match the tone in Chinese
- Figurative language: metaphors, idioms, cultural references that need adaptation rather than literal translation
Step 3: Translate
Translate the full article into Simplified Chinese, following these principles:
- Natural Chinese expression: write as a native Chinese writer would, not as a translator. Avoid translationese (翻译腔) and Europeanized sentence structures (欧化中文)
- Terminology consistency: use the terminology decisions from Step 2 throughout
- Sentence restructuring: break long compound sentences into shorter, natural Chinese sentences when needed. Chinese favors shorter clauses connected by logic rather than nested subordinate clauses
- Cultural adaptation: adapt idioms and cultural references to Chinese equivalents where appropriate; keep original when the reference itself is the point
- Preserve structure: keep the original markdown structure (headings, lists, code blocks, links, images)
- No additions or omissions: translate everything; do not summarize, skip, or add commentary
For long articles (over 4000 words), split into logical chunks at heading boundaries and translate each chunk, then merge the results to ensure consistency.
Step 4: Review & Polish
After translating, do a final pass to check:
- Accuracy: no meaning distortion or omission
- Fluency: read it aloud mentally — does it sound like natural Chinese writing?
- Translationese check: eliminate remaining patterns like 被动句滥用 (overuse of 被), 的的的 chains, or unnatural word order
- Terminology consistency: same term translated the same way throughout
- Formatting: markdown renders correctly, no broken links or structure
Built-in Glossary
Common terms that should be translated consistently:
| English | Chinese |
|---|---|
| AI Agent | AI agent |
| Prompt | prompt |
| Token | Token (do not translate) |
| Fine-tuning | fine-tuning |
| Hallucination | hallucination |
| RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) | retrieval-augmented generation |
| Embedding | vector embedding |
| LLM (Large Language Model) | large language model |
| Open Source | open source |
| Vibe Coding | vibe coding |
| Context Window | context window |
| Inference | reasoning |
| Benchmark | benchmark |
| Multimodal | multimodal |
| Agentic | agentic |
Use this glossary as default. If the article's domain requires additional terms, decide translations in Step 2 and apply them consistently.