translate-pdf

SKILL.md

Translate PDF documents to any language while preserving layout, colors, and styling.

Three-step workflow: extract text strings, create a JSON translation mapping, then apply translations with language-specific font selection

Supports five font families covering Latin languages, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

CJK fonts automatically scale to 90% for optimal text fitting within original PDF boundaries

Preserves all original formatting including colors, backgrounds, and element positioning

PDF Translation

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

Workflow

Step 1: Extract texts

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: