How to Translate PDF with Adobe PDF Translator

Can I translate a PDF file from English to other languages and vice versa with Adobe PDF translator? In this post, we are going to tell you the best method to translate your PDF documents into different languages with Adobe Acrobat and its alternative.

Can Adobe Acrobat Translate PDF?

Well, you must be disappointed to know that there is no such option as an Adobe PDF translator that could translate your PDF from English to other languages. In fact, it is one of the biggest drawbacks of Adobe Acrobat which has reduced its productivity.

We also tried to find out on many online forums, including Adobe's, and according to Adobe's employees, document translation is not possible using Adobe Acrobat, although they have forwarded the suggestion to the technical team to add a translation feature; still, there isn't any good news regarding that.

Luckily, we have alternative methods that enable you to translate a PDF into multiple languages. Let's explore it below.

Translate PDF with Adobe: Workarounds

You can translate a PDF using Adobe Acrobat with the help of external services like Google Translate and Microsoft Word, since Adobe Acrobat itself doesn't offer direct translation features.

Translate Short PDFs in Adobe Acrobat

Step 1: Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat.

Step 2: Use the Select Tool to highlight the text you want to translate. Right-click and choose Copy.

Step 3: Visit Google Translate. Paste the text into the left-hand box.

Step 4: Select your desired target language.

Step 5: Copy the translated text and go back to the PDF file in Acrobat.

Step 6: Click the Edit panel and paste the translated text where you want as needed.

Translate Long PDFs with Adobe Acrobat

Step 1: Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Step 2: Go to File > Export To > Microsoft Word. Save the document as a .docx file.

Step 3: Open the Word file in Microsoft Word.

Step 4: In Word, go to Review > Translate > Translate Document.

Step 5: Select your target language and click Translate.

Step 6: After the file is translated, click File > Save as. In the Save as type dropdown, select PDF (*.pdf).

Step 7: Now you can read and edit the translated PDF in Adobe Acrobat

How to Translate PDF with Adobe PDF Translator Alternative

Given below are the steps to translate your PDF with Wondershare PDFelement - PDF Editor Wondershare PDFelement Wondershare PDFelement.

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Step 1: Open the PDF

First, open the PDF file by clicking on the "Open files" button or dragging the file and dropping it into PDFelement.

Step 2: Perform OCR (If Needed)

If your file is already in PDF format, you do not need to perform OCR. But if you have opened a scanned document, then you need to perform OCR to extract the text from the document. To do that, click on "Tool" and then "OCR". By doing this, your document will be converted into text.

Note: If you open a scanned document in PDFelement, it will automatically detect it and ask you to perform OCR.

Step 3: Copy the Text

Select the text, right-click on the selected text, and click on the "Copy" option, or simply press the "Ctrl + C" keys.

Step 4: Translate PDF

Now, open "Google Translate", and paste the copied text into the translation engine. By doing this, your text will automatically be translated to the selected language. You can also export that scanned document into PDF format, and then, upload the document to Google Translate and perform the translation. So, this is how you translate your documents from English to other languages and vice versa.

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PDFelement is one of the best PDF reading software programs that has outclassed Adobe PDF reader and other similar software. It is equipped with dozens of powerful features that enable you to do different tasks and get rid of other unnecessary software.

One of the most important features is its OCR (Optical Character Recognition) feature that enables you to extract data from the scanned documents and then translate it using Google Translate. Using this method, you won't need any other paid tool to perform your translations.

Not only the OCR but also PDFelement comes with a powerful editing feature that enables you to edit your PDF files as easy as editing a Word document and add colors, backgrounds, annotations, headers and footers, comments, and many more. It also comes with a built-in converter that enables you to convert from PDF to more than 300 file formats and vice versa.

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