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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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Default How do I translate a PDF from French to English???

Any way I can do it easily, without cutting and pasting it into google for example???
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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you better hope the text is correctly saved as text in the pdf, otherwise you will be typing it in to google manually if its been added as an image like lots of them are, lol

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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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Not true, if it is an image send it to me and i will run the image through an OCR process and export the text into word format.

You will still need to translate it though
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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Tell me about it....
Trying to convert it to word as we speak.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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There are free OCR tools on the net, trouble is if they make any mistakes, these will be compounder by the translator of course.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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You are right Chip, OCR is not an exact science and I wouldn't even bother using the free software unless it is a computer generated original and even then S's get exchanged for 5's etc

I however do have bureau software and don't mind running your pdf through it between now and 5:30
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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Je ne sais pas
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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Je regret Monsieur je ne pas de carte postale!
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Originally Posted by DanW@FastFord
Je regret Monsieur je ne pas de carte postale!

I think thats something about not liking post cards? :Cry:
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:39 PM
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Cut and past in to.....http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/

Select French to English and bang!

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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by marvin
Cut and past in to.....http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/

Select French to English and bang!


so you completely ignored the chat above about it being pdf and you can't cut and paste?


(yet)
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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Comment is "without cutting and pasting it into google for example???"

Does not say it can not be cut from the original text only that the convertion process to convert the original to word is proving difficult.

If it is an image file then OCR or typing it into a word doc (for example) is the only real way to achieve the end result.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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Upload the PDF file to Google Docs and translate it from there.
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