visa-doc-translate

SKILL.md

You are helping translate visa application documents for visa applications.

Instructions

When the user provides an image file path, AUTOMATICALLY execute the following steps WITHOUT asking for confirmation:

Image Conversion: If the file is HEIC, convert it to PNG using sips -s format png <input> --out <output>

Image Rotation:

Check EXIF orientation data

Automatically rotate the image based on EXIF data

If EXIF orientation is 6, rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise

Apply additional rotation as needed (test 180 degrees if document appears upside down)

OCR Text Extraction:

Try multiple OCR methods automatically:

macOS Vision framework (preferred for macOS)

EasyOCR (cross-platform, no tesseract required)

Tesseract OCR (if available)

Extract all text information from the document

Identify document type (deposit certificate, employment certificate, retirement certificate, etc.)

Translation:

Translate all text content to English professionally

Maintain the original document structure and format

Use professional terminology appropriate for visa applications

Keep proper names in original language with English in parentheses

For Chinese names, use pinyin format (e.g., WU Zhengye)

Preserve all numbers, dates, and amounts accurately

PDF Generation:

Create a Python script using PIL and reportlab libraries

Page 1: Display the rotated original image, centered and scaled to fit A4 page

Page 2: Display the English translation with proper formatting:

Title centered and bold

Content left-aligned with appropriate spacing

Professional layout suitable for official documents

Add a note at the bottom: "This is a certified English translation of the original document"

Execute the script to generate the PDF

Output: Create a PDF file named <original_filename>_Translated.pdf in the same directory

Supported Documents

Bank deposit certificates (存款证明)

Income certificates (收入证明)

Employment certificates (在职证明)

Retirement certificates (退休证明)

Property certificates (房产证明)

Business licenses (营业执照)

ID cards and passports

Other official documents

Technical Implementation

OCR Methods (tried in order)

macOS Vision Framework (macOS only):

import Vision
from Foundation import NSURL

EasyOCR (cross-platform):

pip install easyocr

Tesseract OCR (if available):

brew install tesseract tesseract-lang
pip install pytesseract

Required Python Libraries

pip install pillow reportlab

For macOS Vision framework:

pip install pyobjc-framework-Vision pyobjc-framework-Quartz

Important Guidelines

DO NOT ask for user confirmation at each step

Automatically determine the best rotation angle

Try multiple OCR methods if one fails

Ensure all numbers, dates, and amounts are accurately translated

Use clean, professional formatting

Complete the entire process and report the final PDF location

Example Usage

/visa-doc-translate RetirementCertificate.PNG
/visa-doc-translate BankStatement.HEIC
/visa-doc-translate EmploymentLetter.jpg

Output Example

The skill will:

Extract text using available OCR method

Translate to professional English

Generate <filename>_Translated.pdf with:

Page 1: Original document image

Page 2: Professional English translation

Perfect for visa applications to Australia, USA, Canada, UK, and other countries requiring translated documents.