Translate PDFs with OCR and layout-aware output
Translate text-based or scanned PDFs across 10 supported languages. Review OCR and side-by-side results before download. Sign-in is required, and processing uses credits shown before each task.
Text-based PDF translation works best when you can select text in the PDF. The OCR Translator recognizes text in scans and images first, then translates—complementing the main pipeline when layout extraction alone is not enough.
What is Translate PDF Online
Translate PDF Online processes papers, manuals, reports and books through a layout-aware translation workflow. It attempts to place translated text back into the document structure where supported, instead of returning only a plain-text dump.
Layout-preserving output
The layout pipeline attempts to reconstruct multi-column text, tables, images and headings. Results vary with the source PDF, fonts, scan quality and page complexity.
Many language pairs
Choose a source and target language from the 10 languages currently shown in the selector for academic, technical and professional documents.
Secure, ephemeral storage
Files move over HTTPS. Uploaded and generated objects are normally scheduled for deletion after about seven days, subject to the published policy and legal requirements.
History & task recovery
The History panel lists every PDF you translate online, so you can reopen a task without re-uploading the same file while it is still retained.
Why teams translate PDFs online with us
Review the translated document before download. Complex tables, unusual fonts, handwriting and low-quality scans can still require manual correction.
How to translate a PDF online
From upload to download — translate PDF online in five steps:
Upload
Drop a PDF or pick a file. Large documents are supported within the limits shown on the translate page, so you can translate a big PDF online in one go.
Source language
Select the document language so the engine translates from the correct source when you translate PDF online.
Target language
Pick the language you want the PDF translated into — English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean or Russian — then start the job.
Download
When the job finishes, download the translated PDF from the same screen. The result attempts to preserve the source layout where the pipeline supports it.
History
Reopen finished translations from History while the file is still available, so you never lose a PDF you translated online.
What you get when you translate PDF online
Practical capabilities for real PDF translation workflows.
Vector-friendly pipeline
Uses an advanced AI text-placement path so translated text is placed back into the PDF structure where supported — that is how a PDF translated online keeps its layout.
Credits & billing
Pay for what you translate with a credits model tied to pages and product settings, so translating a PDF online stays predictable.
Account-based processing
Sign in to process documents, use credits and reopen available jobs from your history across devices.
Preview before download
Review source and translated pages in the browser before downloading the result.
Documentation
Architecture, retention and compliance notes in /docs for transparency about what happens when you translate PDF online.
Scanned PDF support
OCR extracts text from supported scanned PDFs before translation; accuracy depends on scan quality, language and page complexity.
Built for serious documents
Process papers, reports and manuals within the file and page limits shown in the translation workspace.
10 Interface languages
Interface languages
7 Day default retention
Day default retention
1 Layout-aware pipeline
Layout-aware pipeline
Frequently asked questions about translating PDF online
Quick answers before you translate PDF online. More detail in /docs or email hello@translatepdfonline.com.
Translate your first PDF online
Upload on the translate page and translate PDF online now — use History to return to any recent job.