feat(rules): add PDF and document layout-preserving translation rule

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Summary

Adds a new Cursor Project Rule (.mdc) for layout-preserving vector PDF translation, anti-overflow CSS checks, and automated 1:1 page visual audits.

Contribution Type

• New Cursor rule file or rules folder
• Update/fix to an existing rule
• New rules/*.mdc rule
• Documentation or README cleanup

Value To Cursor Users

Provides Cursor with reusable, structured guidelines when developing or modifying document translation agents:

• Enforces strict 1:1 page boundary preservation using CSS @page constraints.
• Introduces two-stage data contracts (layout tokens separated from content) to eliminate layout collapse.
• Provides browser-level JS overflow probe logic (scrollWidth > clientWidth) and dynamic typography scaling.
• Includes zero-hallucination rules for numbers, code blocks, and formulas.

Added Or Changed Files

• rules/pdf-translate-layout-preserving-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc: Canonical Cursor project rule with frontmatter and core principles.
• README.md: Added listing under ### Documentation in alphabetical order.

Quality Checklist

• The contribution includes original rule content, or clearly credits the source.
• New rule files use a descriptive kebab-case filename, such as react-typescript.mdc.
• New rules/*.mdc files include frontmatter with a non-empty description, relevant globs, and alwaysApply: false unless the rule is universal.
• README links use canonical GitHub URLs for repo files and point to the correct category.
• The text is neutral and useful, not sales copy.
• This is not a standalone external tool, product, directory, marketplace, or service listing.
• No secrets, tokens, affiliate links, tracking links, or unrelated product claims are included.
• I checked for duplicate or near-duplicate existing entries.

Notes For Maintainers

The rule adheres to modern Cursor .mdc format and credits the reference implementation at https://github.com/lxsssssss/pdf-translate.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added guidance for translating PDFs and documents while preserving page layouts.
  • Documented page-size measurement and reuse, including A4 handling when applicable.
  • Added anti-overflow typography checks and one-to-one page visual audits.
  • Clarified how to run visual audits with source and target PDF files.
  • Limited these rules to PDF- and translation-related work.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The pull request updates a Cursor rule for PDF and document translation. It narrows activation paths, preserves source page dimensions, retains overflow bounds, and documents a runnable visual audit command. The README lists the rule under Documentation.

Changes

Translation Rules

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and index translation rule rules/pdf-translate-layout-preserving-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc, README.md	The rule activates for PDF- and translation-related paths, uses source page dimensions, retains page-height bounds, and specifies audit_pdf.py --src original.pdf --tgt translated.pdf. The README lists the rule under Documentation.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3a332

No concrete current-head risk remains from the finalized review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the addition of a PDF and document layout-preserving translation rule. It matches the primary changes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes all template sections, explains the rule value, lists changed files, and provides a completed quality checklist. It also includes source attribution and maintainer notes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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In `@rules/pdf-translate-layout-preserving-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc`:
- Line 16: Update the layout-preserving rules around the CSS `@page` configuration
to use each source page’s measured size instead of unconditionally forcing A4.
Reuse the source width and height for non-A4 pages, and apply A4 dimensions only
when the source page is A4.
- Line 3: Narrow the rule’s globs to translation-specific paths so unrelated
Python or HTML files do not activate the PDF translation instructions. If no
suitable paths exist, remove globs and description for manual activation, or
remove only globs to rely on description-based activation.
- Line 31: Update the audit instruction in the PDF translation rule to include
the runnable command using scripts/audit_pdf.py with required --src original.pdf
and --tgt translated.pdf arguments, replacing the bare audit_pdf.py reference
and preserving the page-by-page visual comparison requirement.

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