How to Translate Google Slides Presentations

Whether you’re preparing a pitch deck, training material, or academic slides, sharing your presentation in multiple languages can be essential.

But while Google Slides offers basic translation features, they often fall short when you need full-document accuracy, layout preservation, and fast delivery. That’s where Smallpdf comes in.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to translate a Google Slides presentation completely — with formatting, fonts, and structure intact — using our Translate PDF.

Why Translate Google Slides?

Google Slides is a powerful and widely used tool, but it wasn’t built for multilingual presentation sharing. Translating your presentation opens the door to:

• Reaching international clients or students
• Collaborating with global teams
• Making presentations more inclusive
• Complying with local language requirements

But here’s the catch: manually translating slide-by-slide can be time-consuming and error-prone. And while Google Translate can help, it doesn’t maintain formatting or offer downloadable results. See the difference between Google Translate & Smallpdf.

Best Way to Translate Google Slides: Step-by-Step Using Smallpdf

Here’s how to do it the right (and easiest) way using Smallpdf Translate PDF.

1. Export Your Google Slides as a PowerPoint File

You don’t need to convert to PDF first — Smallpdf supports .ppt and .pptx files directly.

• Open your Google Slides presentation
• Go to File > Download > Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx)

Tip: You can skip this step if your slides are already in PowerPoint format.

2. Go to the Smallpdf Translate PDF Tool

Visit Smallpdf Translate PDF. It works seamlessly with PowerPoint files and gives you:

• Full-document translation of your slides
• Layout and font preservation
• Built-in OCR to recognize and translate scanned or image-based slides
• Fast, downloadable results in PDF format

3. Upload Your File

Drag and drop your .pptx file directly into the tool. You can also import from Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox.

4. Choose Translation Settings

You’ll see two translation options:

• Entire Document – Get a full translation with all text, layout, and formatting preserved
• Summary Only – Just need a quick overview? Choose this for a condensed version

Then select your source language and the language you want to translate into. We support 40+ languages, including Spanish, French, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, and more.

5. Download Your Translated Presentation

Click Translate, and in just a few moments, your translated presentation will be ready to download — fully formatted and easy to read.

Want to continue editing your slides after translation? Just use our PDF to PPT converter to convert your file back to PowerPoint format.

Bonus: Protect Your Slides After Translation

If your translated slides contain sensitive or internal content, use Smallpdf’s Protect PDF to lock them with a password before sharing.

Steps:

• Visit Protect PDF
• Upload your translated file
• Set a strong password
• Download your encrypted document

Now your content is safe for external sharing without losing control.

Use Cases for Translating Google Slides

• Remote work: Share training material with multilingual teams
• Education: Help students understand content in their native language
• Sales: Deliver local-language sales pitches or product demos
• NGOs: Share awareness campaigns globally
• Medical or Legal: Present sensitive information with accuracy and privacy

Final Thoughts

If you want to translate your entire Google Slides presentation — accurately, securely, and with your formatting intact — Smallpdf Translate PDF is your go-to tool.

You don’t need plugins, you don’t need to copy-paste, and you definitely don’t need to worry about design getting lost in translation.

Just upload, select your languages, and click Translate.

FAQs

How do I add translation on Google Slides?

You can manually translate text by selecting it, right-clicking, and choosing “Translate text.” But Google Slides doesn’t have a full-document translation feature.

Does Google Slides have live translation?

Google Slides does not offer live translation. It provides live captions during presentations, which transcribe spoken words in real-time, but only in the language spoken. For real-time translation into other languages, you’ll need external tools (like Smallpdf or Microsoft Translator) for real-time translation features.

What AI translates Google Slides?

Google Translate and Copilot can translate snippets, but for full-deck translation with layout preservation, tools like Smallpdf’s Translate PDF are more reliable.