Chinese to English PDF Converter
This Chinese to English PDF converter translates the language, not the file type: upload a Chinese PDF and download an English PDF with the same pages, headings and reading order. Simplified and Traditional Chinese are both detected automatically.
Drop your Chinese PDF
Up to 100 MB. English is set as the target language.
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English is preselected at checkout. You can change it. No account needed for a quote.
- Simplified and Traditional Chinese source documents
- English placed back into the original page layout
- Up to 100 MB per file, with the exact price shown first
- Per file, PDFs up to 1,000 pages
- 100 MB
- Price shown before payment
- Exact
- Free words with a verified account
- 3,000
- Re-run or refund on eligible jobs
- 7 days
Real files, real output
See how a translated PDF page looks
Real before-and-after PDF pages. Drag the handle to see the layout stay put while the language changes.
A NIST report page with a diagram, in Khmer
- Headings, body text and the figure caption translated in place
- Labels inside the diagram are translated too
- Khmer is properly shaped: stacked consonants and vowels in place
NIST AI 100-1, page 20 (U.S. government work). Unedited output from the local pipeline, September 2026. Diagram labels keep the source's small size, so long Khmer words in narrow boxes can wrap between syllables.
Chinese PDFs, translated in place
Supplier spec sheets, research papers and contracts arrive as Chinese PDFs. You need the English on the same page as the tables and figures, not in a separate text file.
The usual way
- Copy Chinese text out of the PDF and lose line order
- Translate paragraph by paragraph in a browser tab
- Match each English paragraph back to its table or figure
- Small free-tool limits force you to split the file
With PageTranslate
- 1
Upload the Chinese PDF
Simplified or Traditional, up to 100 MB.
- 2
Keep English and see the price
Word count and exact total first.
- 3
Download the English PDF
Same pages, translated in place.
Real output, not a mockup
Chinese prose, translated to English
The opening of Lu Xun's A Madman's Diary (1918), one of the first modern Chinese short stories. Short, charged sentences stay short in English.
今天晚上，很好的月光。
EnglishTonight the moonlight is wonderful.
我不见他，已是三十多年；今天见了，精神分外爽快。才知道以前的三十多年，全是发昏；然而须十分小心。不然，那赵家的狗，何以看我两眼呢？
EnglishI haven't seen it for over thirty years; seeing it today, my spirits are extraordinarily refreshed. Only now do I realize that for the past thirty-plus years I was completely in a daze. However, I must be extremely careful. Otherwise, why would the Zhao family's dog have looked at me twice?
我怕得有理。
EnglishI have good reason to be afraid.
What happens to your file
Built for whole documents, not sentences
What happens between upload and download, shown with real output from our translation engine.
Meaning, not word for word
Text is translated in passages, so idioms read the way a person would write them.
智に働けば角が立つ。
Work with wisdom and corners stand up.
Approach life through reason and you sharpen your edges.
日本語 → EnglishNames stay the same
Character, place and product names are kept as written from the first chapter to the last. Real output from Pride and Prejudice:
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
« Mon cher M. Bennet, lui dit un jour son épouse, avez-vous appris que Netherfield Park est enfin loué ? »
The layout stays put
Headings, columns, figures and page breaks keep their place. You get a translated file, not a text dump.
OCR for scanned pages
Scanned and photographed pages in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are read before translation.
OCR: “DRINK ME”
«BÉBEME»
The right font for every script
Translated PDFs embed bundled open-source Noto fonts, so Khmer, Arabic or Thai text shows up on devices without those fonts.
ខ្មែរ
Noto Sans Khmer
العربية
Noto Sans Arabic
हिन्दी
Noto Sans Devanagari
ไทย
Noto Sans Thai
עברית
Noto Sans Hebrew
ქართული
Noto Sans Georgian
বাংলা
Noto Sans Bengali
தமிழ்
Noto Sans Tamil
The exact price first
Every line of the quote, calculated from your file, before you pay.
Your quote
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Text vs. scans
Use a Chinese PDF with selectable text
If you can highlight the Chinese characters in your PDF viewer, the file has a text layer and will translate reliably. PDFs exported from Word, WPS or a website usually do.
Our OCR cannot read Chinese characters, so an image-only scan is stopped during analysis, before you see a price, with an explanation. Add a text layer with a Chinese OCR tool first and we translate that text layer.
Layout
English needs more space than Chinese
English text often runs longer than its Chinese source. The translation is fitted into each original text block, so dense pages may use a smaller font. Tables and figure labels stay in position.
Conversion
Language conversion, not PDF to Word
The output is an English PDF. If you need an editable English Word file, translate a Chinese DOCX with the DOCX translator instead.
70 languages, 9 file types
The source language is detected for you. Pick the target at checkout, and get your file back in the format you uploaded.
70 target languages
From Spanish, German and Portuguese to Japanese, Arabic, Swahili and Khmer.
Before you convert a Chinese PDF
- Image-only scans of Chinese pages are declined before payment unless a Chinese OCR tool has added a text layer.
- The output is a translated PDF, not an editable Word file.
- This is AI translation, not a certified translation.
- Check part numbers, specifications and names in technical documents.
Know the cost before you commit
Chinese PDF translation prices
Priced per 1,000 words of the document as we count it, rounded up. Live estimates:
Calculate the price for your word count| Length | Guest | Free account | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spec sheet2,000 words | |||
| Research paper10,000 words | |||
| Long report50,000 words |
Estimates from the live price list, including layout preservation and the per-document fee. Free assumes your 3,000 starter words are unused; Pro includes 30,000 words each month. Your exact price appears after upload, before you pay.
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- DOCX TranslatorTranslate a Word document and download an editable DOCX file.
Before you upload
Chinese to English PDF FAQ
How do I convert a Chinese PDF to English?
Upload the Chinese PDF on this page. English is preselected. Check the price, pay, and download an English PDF with the original page layout.
Does it support Traditional Chinese?
Yes. Simplified and Traditional Chinese source documents are detected automatically.
Can it translate a scanned Chinese PDF?
Not an image-only scan: our OCR cannot read Chinese, so the upload is declined before you pay, with an explanation. Use a PDF with selectable text, or run the scan through a Chinese OCR tool to add a text layer; we translate the text that layer contains.
Will I get a Word file?
No, a Chinese PDF comes back as an English PDF. Upload a DOCX if you want an editable Word file.
How big can the PDF be?
Up to 100 MB and 1,000 pages per file.
Convert your Chinese PDF to English
English is preselected. Upload the file and see the exact price before checkout.
Upload a Chinese PDFJobs of 50,000 words or less come with a 7-day re-run or refund guarantee.