Translate Pdf
A PDF file is essentially an electronic print-out: it contains information from another file type as it would appear on the pages of a printed document. A PDF in French could be made up of text or scanned images. The best way to translate a French PDF into English is to hire a professional translator; however, you may be able to translate the document yourself with the help of online translators and other free programs.
Step 1
Highlight a section of text in the French PDF. If possible, convert the PDF to a text or Word document using an online converter, such as Zamzar, PDF Converter or PDF to Word, and proceed to Step 4. If you cannot, then the PDF is made up of images rather than text — proceed to Step 2.
Step 2
Fast & easy-to-use PDF Translator. Now you can translate your PDF documents automatically to dozens of languages. After installing the PDF Translator to your PC, just run the tool, select the document and languages. To access the PDF translation app, click and select the PDF option on the homepage, and you’ll be able to upload your PDF and choose your target language. In contrast to Google Translate, DocTranslator works towards retaining the formatting and layout of the file, though your results may vary. Now you can translate PDF documents easily, quickly and for free! If you are looking for a quick, easy, understandable and readable translation, Multilizer PDF Translator is the right solution for you. Multilizer PDF Translator translates PDF documents automatically into 27 different languages.
Convert the PDF to JPEG images with an online conversion site, such as You Convert It, Neevia Document Converter or Zamzar.
Step 3
Convert the images to text using a free optical character recognition website, such as Free OCR, New OCR or Online OCR. Copy and paste the text into a text or word processing document.
Translate the text from French to English using a free online translator, such as Google Translate, WorldLingo, SDL Free Translation or Babel Fish. Depending on the length of the document, you may have to copy and paste only a few paragraphs at a time into the online translator.
Tip
- If the quality of the PDF is low, the OCR text may not be accurate. You may need to edit the images to make them clearer before you try to convert them with an OCR website and/or manually check the text for accuracy before you try to translate it into English.
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