{"workflow":{"id":"discovery-6a55c53e221b7deb8c9ef2ed","title":"Translate an ebook in chunks while checking paragraph alignment","consumerTitle":"Translate an ebook in chunks while checking paragraph alignment","desc":"A Calibre integration documents agents reading and writing numbered translation-cache chunks, checking paragraph-block alignment, repairing mismatches and handing the book back for human proofreading and output.","category":"Learning & research","agent":"Claude Desktop","url":"https://github.com/riverai/MCP-for-Calibre-Ebook-Translator","source":"GitHub project documentation","status":"Setup guide","checked":"2026-11-03","notes":"A local cache does not make a cloud model private or offline. Wrong cache settings or stale UI saves can overwrite work; verify timed-out writes before retrying. Human proofreading and rights to translate remain necessary. Not independently tested. Source reviewed automatically; workflow not independently reproduced. Connection options require verification in your own agent.","prompt":"TASK: Translate an ebook in chunks while checking paragraph alignment\n\nMY SETUP\n- Calibre with Ebook Translator and persistent caching enabled\n- Python 3.10 or newer and the configured translator MCP server\n- An ebook you may translate and a chosen target language\n\nBEFORE STARTING\nConfirm which files, information and permissions you can actually access. Ask me for essential missing details. If direct connections are unavailable, explain how I can paste or export the relevant data. Do not claim an integration is connected without checking.\n\nWORKFLOW\n1. Identify the exact book cache, target language, engine and merge settings; back up the cache and avoid concurrent UI saves.\n2. Read untranslated chunks, translate with consistent terminology, write them by stable chunk ID and repair reported paragraph-block mismatches.\n3. Verify writes and remaining alignment errors, then ask me to reopen Calibre's advanced mode for proofreading and its Output step.\n\nEXPECTED RESULT\nA reviewed translation cache ready for Calibre output, with progress and alignment errors reported.\n\nLIMITATIONS\nA local cache does not make a cloud model private or offline. Wrong cache settings or stale UI saves can overwrite work; verify timed-out writes before retrying. Human proofreading and rights to translate remain necessary. Not independently tested.\n\nFIRST RUN\nUse a small read-only sample and show me the result. 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Wrong cache settings or stale UI saves can overwrite work; verify timed-out writes before retrying. Human proofreading and rights to translate remain necessary. 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