PDF Translation
Translate a PDF and get a PDF back, rebuilt to follow the source layout rather than a wall of loose text you have to reformat by hand.
Capabilities
What you can do here
Quality controls
The controls shown on this page are part of the working product, with plan access noted in the documentation.
A PDF in, a PDF out
Translatable text is extracted from the source file and a new PDF is rebuilt around it, following the source layout where the original structure allows.
Honest about hard files
A rebuild uses the structure captured from the source. Translated text can run longer or shorter than the original, and complex PDFs are not always recoverable exactly — inspect the download before you deliver it.
Terminology applied during the job
Glossary terms and translation memory matches are applied while the PDF is translated, so approved wording lands in the first output rather than being corrected afterwards.
Scale and language controls
Set source language or let it be detected, choose the target, and apply the domain and tone that suit the document.
Runs on the server
A long PDF keeps processing after you close the page, and you can ask for an email when it finishes.
Word counts before you commit
Analysis reports source words, repetitions, and translation memory match bands, so you can see how much of the file is genuinely new.
Where it helps
PDF Translation
- Contracts and signed agreements circulated as PDF
- Regulatory filings and official forms
- Scientific papers, reports, and published research
- Product sheets, manuals, and datasheets
- Scanned or exported documents where no source file survives
- Any PDF where rebuilding the layout by hand would cost more than the translation
A practical workflow
How the work moves
Upload the PDF
Add the file from the dashboard and set the source and target languages.
Choose the treatment
Apply a preset, or set domain, tone, glossary, and translation memory for this job.
Let it rebuild
Text is extracted, translated segment by segment, and a new PDF is assembled on the server.
Check before delivery
Review the text in the Translation Editor, save corrections, and export the PDF. The existing styles and page objects are reused. Formula and drawing units remain protected; inspect the download before delivery.
Related pages
Word Document Translation
Translate a Word document and get a DOCX back with its styles, tables, and structure intact — then read the result in its real page layout before you send it.
Document Translation
Upload a working document, translate its content with your project settings, and receive a rebuilt file instead of a loose block of translated text.
Put it to work
Open the dashboard to start a translation, or read the detailed guide first.