The Best Ways to Translate an Arabic PDF into English

Since PDFs are considered final form files, it is a bit challenging to edit them for translation purposes. However, sometimes we find it necessary to translate PDF files.

Whether you are a business owner planning to expand to any of the English-speaking countries, a researcher who needs to translate an online published article or a translator who receives a PDF file and needs to extract the text to start his/her translation process, knowing the best methods to translate PDFs is required in each case.

In this blog, we will shed light on some of the best methods to translate PDF files, especially from Arabic to English. Let’s dive into it.

Translating Your PDF File Using Google Translate

Google Translate is one of the most popular and accessible translation tools. It surprises us every now and then with its updates and enhancements. Translating your PDF file in an amazingly fast way is only achievable by using the Google Translate tool. All you need to do is to follow these steps:

1. Go to translate.google.com
2. Choose the Arabic language as the source language and English as the target language
3. Click on the “Documents” tab
4. Select “Browse your computer” and upload the Arabic PDF file you need to translate
5. Click on “translate” wait for your translation and then download your translated file

Although Google Translate is the quickest way to translate your PDF files, it is not fully accurate and reliable. It is better to hire a human translator to review your translation as a “post-editing” process. However, using Google Translate is very productive when you need to translate your multiple Arabic PDF files to be introduced quickly to your target customers in any English-speaking country.

Translating Your PDF File Using the Adobe Acrobat Tool

The Adobe Acrobat online tool is another easy and fast way to translate your PDF file. You just need to do the following steps:

Converting Your PDF File

1. Open your Arabic PDF in Adobe Acrobat
2. Choose “export pdf” from the tools menu
3. Export your PDF format into “Microsoft Word” format
4. Select a name for your file and save it
5. Review and edit your exported Word file to make sure that there are not any missing parts of text or pages

Translating Your PDF

Once your converted file is ready, you can open it and select “review” and then choose “translate”. You will have the option to translate it using “Microsoft Translate” or any other translation tool or service. Although translation tools are the fastest way to translate multiple PDF files, they still need to be edited by a human translator.

Converting Your Word Document Back to a PDF File

After you finish translating your exported file, you can convert it back to a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat.

1. Open Adobe Acrobat
2. Choose “Create PDF” from the tools menu
3. Select your document and then create
4. Save your PDF file

There are many other online PDF converters that you can use to translate your PDF files such as “DocTranslator”, “Online OCR”, and “Ilovepdf”.

Hiring a Professional Translation Agency

This is the most accurate and reliable way to translate your PDF files. While automated translation tools are easy and fast, they still cannot replace the accuracy and flawlessness of the human translator.

At Torjoman, we provide top-notch translation services for almost all types of documents. We use our state-of-the-art technology tools to extract texts and deliver best-in-class translations whatever your file type is.

As we believe in the importance of document translations, Torjoman hires professional translators with hands-on expertise, industry-specific experience and academic excellence and applies the latest quality assurance tools to offer you the highest quality translation services in more than 120 languages. Talk to us today!