Need to translate PDF documents online for free? Our PDF translator lets you translate English, Spanish, French, and dozens of other languages in an instant. Generate summaries or full translations with AI. Free to start. No signup needed.
The Smallpdf PDF Translator takes any document and translates it into your preferred language for free. Get summaries, full translations, and query documents in different languages with AI.
Translate a PDF from English to Spanish, or German to English, in seconds—along with French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, or whatever other language you prefer.
Choose between a quick summary or a full translation of your PDF. The Smallpdf Translator lets you break language barriers in just the way you need.
With the Smallpdf Translator, you can go beyond language with the built-in AI chat tool. Ask for key points, overall gist, or every detail—it’s a multilingual insight generator.
Nothing to download or install, no signup required. Get started immediately for free—just drop your PDF into the box above, pick your language, and off you go.
Smallpdf is built around intuitive interactions at every step. We believe that powerful tools don’t need to be complicated. So we make working with PDFs easy.
Working with scanned PDFs or image files? No problem. Our translation tool automatically recognizes text with state-of-the-art OCR technology.
Our PDF Translator is browser-based. So you can translate on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, or Linux. From desktop to mobile, language is no longer a barrier.
Need to translate other file types? Smallpdf has you covered. Use the tool to translate text in Word, DOCX, PPT, Excel, JPG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF files too.
We’re GDPR compliant and ISO/IEC certified. We also use top-tier TLS encryption. This means that your documents and personal information are private and secure from start to finish.
No, you can try out our PDF Translator online 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 25 PDF tools.
Yes, you can translate large PDFs with the Smallpdf translator tool. Smallpdf accepts file sizes 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.
The PDF translator can provide a summary or a full translation of a PDF. 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 a great, easy-to-use tool to help you quickly digest the contents of a PDF in nearly any language.
Nope! 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 25 PDF tools to edit, compress, convert, merge, sign, and more.
Yes! The Smallpdf Translator automatically converts scanned PDF documents into readable text using our top-notch OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. This includes any text within an image in your PDF. In addition to PDFs, it can also extract and translate text from images, like JPG and PNG files. Simply drop your files into the tool above to get started.
The Smallpdf Translator lets you translate between most of the world’s major languages. You can convert documents to and from English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Polish, and many more. We don’t yet have some of the less common languages you'll find with Google Translate, but we’ve got the big ones covered and more coming soon. 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.
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