How to translate PDF files

Google Translate

How to translate PDF files

Not everyone knows this, but the very famous Google Translate also includes a tool that allows you to translate the content of PDF files directly, without doing tedious copy-and-paste. How does it work? I'll explain it to you right away.

All you have to do is connect to the main page of the service and click on the item translate a document you see at the bottom left. Then click on the button Choose File / Browse, select the document you want to translate, set the departure and destination languages ​​to Detects language e cittàn and click on the button Translate (located at the top right) to view the content of your translated PDF.



If you do not want to translate your PDF into cittàn but into another language, all you have to do is select one of the many languages ​​available in the menu located at the top right (by clicking on the button with the arrow) And that's it.

There are no strict upload limits, however it must be said that translated documents lose all images and most of the text formatting. In case you want to save the translated PDF on your PC, use the function File> Save with nome of your browser to save it locally as an HTML page. If you want to get a real PDF, use a virtual PDF printer.

Microsoft Word

How to translate PDF files

There is a copy of the Office 2013 o Office 2016? Then I have great news for you. You can use the good old Word to translate the content of your PDF documents via Bing Translator, the online translation service of the Redmond giant.


The procedure you need to follow is very simple. Start Word, open the PDF file you want to translate [1] and accept its import into the program. Next, select the tab revision from the Word toolbar, press the button Translate and select the item Translate document from the menu that appears. Within a few seconds, a Bing Translator page will open with the text of your translated document inside (there will be no images and formatting, as in the other services previously analyzed together).



If you want, you can also select individual phrases or words from within the document. Just highlight them with the mouse, click on the button Translate Word and select the item Translate selected text from the menu that appears. The tradition will appear in the right sidebar of the program. To set the input and output languages, use the drop-down menus Da e A that appear in the sidebar.


  1. Starting with the 2013 edition, Word is able to import PDFs and edit them as if they were common DOC / DOCX files. ↩
How to translate PDF files

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