Free PDF Translator

No, you can use the translator for free without signing up. Creating an account, however, unlocks other tools and benefits—like a free 7-day trial with unlimited translations and access to over 40 PDF tools.

Yes, you can translate large PDFs with the Smallpdf translator. Smallpdf can handle files large enough to handle nearly any PDF. Even better, the translator will provide a summary of your original PDF, so you’ll be able to digest even the longest of PDFs in less time in your language of choice.

We aim to maintain the original formatting of your PDF as much as possible, but images and special layouts don’t currently carry over into the translated document. It’s an easy-to-use tool to help you quickly digest the contents of a PDF.

No. With Smallpdf, you can process as many documents as you need. You can unlock unlimited access for 7 days with our free trial, and there are no processing limits on any of our paid plans. And that’s not just for translating PDFs—you also get unlimited access to over 40 PDF tools to edit, compress, convert, merge, sign, and more.

Yes! The PDF Translator automatically converts scanned PDF documents into readable text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). This includes any text within an image in your PDF. In addition to PDFs, it can extract and translate text from images, such as JPG and PNG files. Simply drop your files into the translator to get started.

Smallpdf’s PDF translator lets you translate between most of the world’s major languages. You can translate documents to and from English, Spanish, Hindi, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Polish, and many more. To see a full list, upload files into the tool at the top of this page, then open the “Translate to…” dropdown, and pick your target language.