Translate a PDF and get it back as Word
The PDF is translated and returned as an editable .docx, with its images.
Your file is not uploaded. Only the text goes to Google Translate.
How to use it
- Choose the PDF or drop it on the green area.
- Pick the target language and click Translate.
- Open the downloaded .docx in Word, LibreOffice or Google Docs and check the result.
- If you need a PDF, choose File, Save as, PDF in Word.
How it works
The tool reads the text of every page and sorts it into headings and paragraphs by font size. Then it translates it and builds a new Word document. Images are copied at the resolution they had in the PDF, in the same order.
The exact layout is not kept: columns, hand-placed boxes and special fonts become a simple document layout. That is why the result is a Word file and not another PDF: it can be corrected.
If the PDF is a scan or a photo of paper, the text is recognized with OCR before translation. It takes a few seconds per page and works for Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, German and Italian.
FAQ
Why do I not get a PDF back?
A translation almost always needs some touch-ups, and Word is easy to edit. Turning it into a PDF afterwards takes one click.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Yes. If the PDF has no selectable text, the tool recognizes it with OCR. For best results, pick the source language instead of Detect.
Are tables kept?
Table text is translated, but it comes out as paragraphs, not as a table. Check that part if the PDF has many tables.
Is there a page limit?
The limit is 50 MB per file. For more than a hundred pages, a computer works better.