jep-accessibility-and-translation
Use when translating technical results, models, and methods into plain language for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — minimizing jargon and notation without dumbing down. Handles language and translation of ideas; defer evidence/number presentation to jep-evidence-without-equations and exhibits to jep-exhibits-for-general-readers.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jep-accessibility-and-translation --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Accessibility & Translation (jep-accessibility-and-translation) ## When to trigger - The draft reads like a working paper with the proofs deleted - A labor or macro economist who doesn't work on the topic gets lost - Sentences carry notation, estimator names, or subfield jargon a generalist won't know - You worry that simplifying will make the piece sound shallow ## The JEP accessibility bar JEP articles should be readable by **90 percent or more of the AEA membership** and useful to economists **not conversant with the author's subspecialty**; the journal is "scholarly without relying too heavily on mathematical notation," explaining ideas through **economic intuition** rather than derivations (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). Translation is **not** simplification of the *ideas* — it is removing the *barriers* (notation, jargon, insider shorthand) that hide the ideas from a smart non-specialist. ## Translation moves (technical → JEP) | Technical draft | JEP move | |-----------------|----------| | An estimating equation in the body | State what the equation *says* in words; the design goes to a note or appendix if at all | | "We instrument X with Z" | "We exploit [the natural experiment] so t
- When to trigger
- The JEP accessibility bar
- Translation moves (technical → JEP)
- Principles
- Calibrating depth (not dumbing down)
- Checklist
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jep-accessibility-and-translation skill do?
Use when translating technical results, models, and methods into plain language for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — minimizing jargon and notation without dumbing down. Handles language and translation of ideas; defer evidence/number presentation to jep-evidence-without-equations and exhibits to jep-exhibits-for-general-readers.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jep-accessibility-and-translation --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.