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Claudish-to-English plugin

Ranked 7 of 8 coding agent plugins by recommenders

People recommend this free plugin for translating Claude's stylized output into plain English and as a base for their own prompts or hooks.

People recommend this free plugin for translating Claude's stylized output into plain English and as a base for their own prompts or hooks.

9 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
2
approval share
78%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Good base for own prompts

    “Check out the awesome Claudish-to-English plugin, you could lift their prompt from”

    Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “I'm Becoming AI-Blind”

    “I ended up using claudish-to-english with a prompt derived from the vomit one”

    Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Claudette: Make Claude Stop Talking Like a BuzzFeed Article”

    “a much better starting point”

    Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher”
  • Wanted as built-in default

    “This will be very useful for me, but I wish it could be built natively into the agent harness.”

    Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher”

    “Wtf, why isn't this the default?”

    Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?”

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What people said

All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“a much better starting point”

RecommendsComment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher”

“This will be very useful for me, but I wish it could be built natively into the agent harness.”

RecommendsComment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher”

“at least the example should be cached and presented in case the service is down”

CriticizesComment from 22 Aug 2026 in “English ↔ Claudish Translator”

“I ended up using claudish-to-english with a prompt derived from the vomit one”

RecommendsComment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Claudette: Make Claude Stop Talking Like a BuzzFeed Article”

“Check out the awesome Claudish-to-English plugin, you could lift their prompt from”

RecommendsComment from 22 Aug 2026 in “I'm Becoming AI-Blind”

“That project looks needlessly complex”

CriticizesComment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM”

“shows really clearly what the issue is for those who might be less familiar”

RecommendsComment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM”

“Wtf, why isn't this the default?”

RecommendsComment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?”

“I've been using this CC hook with decent results”

RecommendsComment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.