Translate PDF
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About PDF Translation
Translate the text content of your PDF documents using AI:
- 50+ languages supported
- AI-powered for natural, accurate translations
- Text output — extracts and translates text content
- Private — processed locally, never sent to third parties
Tip: For scanned PDFs, use OCR first to make the text extractable, then translate the result.
Tips for Best Results
- For best results, use PDFs with selectable text (not scanned images)
- Use OCR first on scanned documents before translating
- Translation quality depends on document complexity and language pair
- The original formatting is preserved as closely as possible
- Large documents may take longer to translate
Frequently Asked Questions
The tool extracts all text from your PDF, sends it to our local AI translation engine in manageable chunks, and returns the translated text. The translation preserves paragraph structure and formatting.
The AI model supports translation to and from most major world languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, and many more.
Yes. Translation is performed by our local AI engine on our own servers. Your document is never sent to any third-party cloud service and is deleted immediately after processing.
Scanned PDFs contain images rather than text. Use our OCR tool first to convert the scanned pages to searchable text, then translate the resulting PDF.
Processed on ISO 27001-certified UK servers.
Files are encrypted in transit and automatically deleted.
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