JimLiu-baoyu-skills/skills/baoyu-translate/references/config/extend-schema.md

EXTEND.md Schema for baoyu-translate

Format

EXTEND.md uses YAML format:

# Default target language (ISO code or common name)
target_language: zh-CN

# Default translation mode
default_mode: normal  # quick | normal | refined

# Target audience (affects annotation depth and register)
audience: general  # general | technical | academic | business | or custom string

# Translation style preference
style: storytelling  # storytelling | formal | technical | literal | academic | business | humorous | conversational | elegant | or custom string

# Word count threshold to trigger chunked translation
chunk_threshold: 4000

# Max words per chunk
chunk_max_words: 5000

# Custom glossary (merged with built-in glossary)
# CLI --glossary flag overrides these
# Supports inline entries and/or file paths
glossary:
  - from: "Reinforcement Learning"
    to: "强化学习"
  - from: "Transformer"
    to: "Transformer"
    note: "Keep English"

# Load glossary from external file(s)
# Supports absolute path or relative to EXTEND.md location
# File format: markdown table with | from | to | note | columns,
# or YAML list of {from, to, note} entries
glossary_files:
  - ./my-glossary.md
  - /path/to/shared-glossary.yaml

# Language-pair specific glossaries
glossaries:
  en-zh:
    - from: "AI Agent"
      to: "AI 智能体"
  ja-zh:
    - from: "人工知能"
      to: "人工智能"

Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
target_language	string	zh-CN	Default target language code
default_mode	string	normal	Default translation mode (quick / normal / refined)
audience	string	general	Target reader profile (general / technical / academic / business / custom)
style	string	storytelling	Translation style (storytelling / formal / technical / literal / academic / business / humorous / conversational / elegant / custom)
chunk_threshold	number	4000	Word count threshold to trigger chunked translation
chunk_max_words	number	5000	Max words per chunk
glossary	array	[]	Universal glossary entries (inline)
glossary_files	array	[]	External glossary file paths (absolute or relative to EXTEND.md)
glossaries	object	{}	Language-pair specific glossary entries

Glossary Entry

Field	Required	Description
from	yes	Source term
to	yes	Target translation
note	no	Usage note (e.g., "Keep English", "Only in tech context")

Glossary File Format

External glossary files (glossary_files) support two formats:

Markdown table (.md):

| from | to | note |
|------|----|------|
| Reinforcement Learning | 强化学习 | |
| Transformer | Transformer | Keep English |

YAML list (.yaml / .yml):

- from: "Reinforcement Learning"
  to: "强化学习"
- from: "Transformer"
  to: "Transformer"
  note: "Keep English"

Paths can be absolute or relative to the EXTEND.md file location.

Priority

1. CLI --glossary file entries
2. EXTEND.md glossaries[pair] entries
3. EXTEND.md glossary entries (inline)
4. EXTEND.md glossary_files entries (in listed order, later files override earlier)
5. Built-in glossary (e.g., references/glossary-en-zh.md)

Later entries override earlier ones for the same source term.