The download is a PDF of the translated text. Pictures and the original layout are left out. Chrome or Edge translates on this device. A scanned PDF is rejected.

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Translate a PDF

Translate a PDF in your browser. No signup, the page text is translated, and the file stays on your device.

What is a PDF translator?

This page reads the text layer of a PDF and writes a new PDF in the language you choose. Translation runs in the browser. Pictures and the original page layout are left out.

PDF translator features

Translate the text of a PDF.
  • Translate a PDF

    Choose the languages and download a PDF of the translated text.

  • English and Spanish

    Translate to English or Spanish, and to French, German, Portuguese, or Italian.

  • On this device

    The browser translates the text. The PDF is not uploaded.

  • No signup

    Translate a PDF without an account.

How to translate a PDF

Three steps from a PDF to a translated PDF.
  1. Add the PDF

    Drop an unlocked PDF.

  2. Choose the languages

    Pick the language of the PDF and the language you want.

  3. Download the PDF

    Save the PDF of the translated text.

Tips for translating a PDF

What this translator keeps from the PDF.
  • 01

    Use a PDF with text

    A scanned page with no text layer is rejected.

  • 02

    Use Chrome or Edge

    Those browsers can download a translation model on this device.

  • 03

    Expect the text

    Pictures and the original page layout are left out.

Good uses for a PDF translator

When you need the text of a PDF in another language.
  1. Translate to English: Read a PDF whose text is in another language.

  2. Translate to Spanish: Turn the page text into Spanish.

  3. A PDF you can share: The download is a PDF of the translated paragraphs.

Why translate a PDF here

A local translation of the text in a PDF.
  • No signup

    Translate a PDF without an account.

  • Stays on your device

    The browser translates the text. The PDF is not uploaded.

  • A translated PDF

    The download is the translated text on A4 pages.

Technical details

How this PDF translation works.
Input
One unlocked PDF, up to 20 MB and 20 pages.
Output
One A4 PDF of the translated text. Each source page with text keeps its page label.
Languages
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian. The browser translates on this device.
Where it runs
The PDF is not uploaded. Chrome or Edge may download a language model the first time.

Sources & References

References for the translation this page writes and the PDF it reads.
  • “Translation, in reference to language, is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.”
    — Wikipedia — Translation

    Translation: This tool writes that kind of text from the PDF into a new PDF. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation

  • “PDF is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.”
    — Wikipedia — PDF

    PDF — Portable Document Format: The source and the download are that document format. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF

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