translate a pdf file from german to english

translate a pdf file from german to english

sara fink sara.fink at gmail.com
Mon May 16 18:09:08 IDT 2011


The problem is in reading. I don't need to write it.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
<ladypine at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Sara,
> I did not understand where the bigger problem lies - in reading or writing.
> Reading - Sometimes you can grab the text from a pdf (then maybe put in in
> google translate). This does not work with old PDFs. You would need an OCR
> program for that.
> Writing - Using close source (acrobat writer, costs money), you can change
> a pdf WYSIWUG. (supposing you got drawings and you want to write around
> them). I am not aware of a FOSS solution.
> Orna
>
> 2011/5/16 sara fink <sara.fink at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to
>> translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be
>> appreciated
>>
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