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Old 29-12-2007, 05:53 PM
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ive received some files for the equipment i use but there in german, opens up as a pdf file anything i can do?
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Old 29-12-2007, 05:57 PM
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far as i know a PDF is like a scan of a piece of paper, it cant be changed.
Old 29-12-2007, 06:03 PM
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Doesn't a PDF file use Adobe?
Old 29-12-2007, 06:11 PM
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can,t you copy and paste sections into a translator like babelfish or do you need the whole document doing.
Old 29-12-2007, 06:17 PM
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open it up with adobe acorat reader and then learn German

free down load from adobe.
Old 29-12-2007, 06:20 PM
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Acrobat Reader 8

You can save files as text.

File > Save as text
Old 29-12-2007, 06:49 PM
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PDF's can now be edited by a piece of software called pitstop. Works very well when files have been sent over and they decide they need changes doing to it. There may be a language converter on their website.

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maybe print it, then scan it using OCR (if you've got a scanner) and put that into a translator.
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You would need to read it very carefully after using OCR software as sometimes it can misread text.
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hmmn yes might be able to copy paste sections in as there all quite small
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use an online convertor... simple as

http://www.freepdfconvert.com/convert_pdf_to_source.asp
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mate that online convertor doesnt convert language?
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convert the pdf to a text document then throw it into bablefish, or just copy and paste the information into it if that's possible and translate it

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/


sorry i first throught you meant file type translation, not language... my mistake
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