translate-pdf

Original：🇺🇸 English

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Translate PDF documents to any language while preserving original structure, layout, and styling (colors, backgrounds, positions). Use when user wants to: (1) translate a PDF to another language, (2) convert PDF from one language to another, (3) create translated version of PDF document. Triggers: "translate PDF", "PDF翻译", "把PDF翻译成", "translate this PDF to Chinese/English/Japanese", "翻译成中文/英文"

7installs

Sourcewshuyi/translate-pdf-skill

Added on2026-02-07

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add wshuyi/translate-pdf-skill translate-pdf

SKILL.md Content

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PDF Translation

Translate PDF text while preserving structure, colors, and background styling.

Workflow

Step 1: Extract texts

bash

python {skill_path}/scripts/extract_texts.py <input.pdf>

Review output to see all unique text strings in the PDF.

Step 2: Create translation mapping

Translate each text to target language. Create JSON file:

json

{
  "Original Text 1": "Translated 1",
  "Original Text 2": "Translated 2"
}

Save as

translations.json

next to input PDF.

Step 3: Apply translations

bash

python {skill_path}/scripts/translate_pdf.py <input.pdf> translations.json <output.pdf> --font <fontname>

Font options:

Font	Language
`helv`	Latin (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, etc.)
`china-ss`	Simplified Chinese
`china-ts`	Traditional Chinese
`japan`	Japanese
`korea`	Korean

Output naming

Append language suffix:

filename_EN.pdf

,

filename_ZH.pdf

,

filename_JA.pdf

Tips

Keep proper nouns, abbreviations, technical terms unchanged when appropriate
CJK fonts auto-scale to 90% for better fit
Use transparent fill to preserve original background colors