Web Based Translation Of PDF And Microsoft Office Documents

Besides the desktop based applications, there are many free web based services which allows you to instantly get the translation of web pages, text content, PDF and Microsoft Office documents, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other. As you already might know, the most comprehensive free translation service is Google Translate which provides automatic translation between 1640 language pairs. (Related Article: “Google Translate Riched A New Milestone: Automatic Translation Between 1640 Language Pairs”).

The main problem of using Google Translate for documents existing on your hard drive is represented by the fact that the service is only able to perform the translation corresponding to a document URL. In order to automatically translate PDF and office documents with Google Translate, first you will need to upload the desired file to a public server and get its location URL.

For example, you might use ZOHO Viewer, which is a free document viewing and sharing service. It supports many file formats (the entire list can be seen here). After you upload the document with ZOHO viewer, just copy its URL address and paste it into the Google Translate form, select the pair of languages and click the Translate button. In a matter of seconds, you will obtain the translated version of the document right inside the web browser.

Besides Google Translate, you can also choose from many other free documents translation services available on the Internet, such as WorldLingo. In case of this service, the number of language pairs is lower than in the case of Google Translate, but the file can be uploaded directly on their servers.

Over the Internet, there will always be online translation services, which eliminate the need to install third party software on your computer. The translation accuracy depends on the individual translation service performance.

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One Response to “Web Based Translation Of PDF And Microsoft Office Documents”

Mike Unwalla Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Quote: The translation accuracy depends on the individual translation service performance.

The accuracy of translation depends also on the quality of the source text (http://www.international-english.co.uk/mt-evaluation.html).

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