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name: localization-design description: | Design interfaces that survive translation, RTL scripts, and cultural difference. Per-language text-expansion table, full RTL mirroring rules, non-Latin typography, logical CSS properties, and cultural color/icon traps. triggers:

• "localization design"
• "RTL layout design"
• "text expansion design"
• "internationalization design"
• "right-to-left UI" das: type: skill category: design-systems upstream: "https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills" upstream_path: "design-systems/skills/localization-design/SKILL.md" version: latest

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localization-design

Catalogue stub — full skill: Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Decision tree

1. Is the full skill already installed?

   • Global: grep -q "^das:" ~/.agents/skills/localization-design/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"
   • Project: grep -q "^das:" .agents/skills/localization-design/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"
   • No das: block → full skill installed, invoke and proceed
   • das: block present → go to step 2

2. Detect scope, then install:

   [ -e ~/.agents/skills/localization-design ] && echo "global" || echo "project"
   

   Global:

   npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill localization-design -g -y
   

   Project:

   npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill localization-design -y
   

   Claude Code: send either command as a chat message starting with ! to run it without leaving the conversation.

What it does

Owls best-in-class localization-design skill. Covers the failure modes generic agents miss: text-expansion budgets per language (German +35%, Finnish +40%), full RTL layout mirroring (what flips vs what does not), non-Latin script typography, margin-inline-start-style logical properties, and culturally loaded color/icon meanings. Web research found no public skill with deeper localization-design coverage.

When NOT to use

• Pure string/i18n plumbing (use an i18n library, not a design skill)
• General accessibility audits → use wcag-audit-patterns or fixing-accessibility