How to translate large pdf from comand line?

vegan_vicky

I have a large pdf file (83 MB) and I want to translate it. I tried to split the file with pdftk and translate each part with https://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/en/ (The file can't be larger than 10 MB) but it is very labor-intensive. The preferred translator would be Google engine. If there is no easy way to automatize this task It would be helpful if you give me a tip how to split pdf to parts of even size (in MBs).

Originally asked by Przemek on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Have a look at translate-shell Project page Website This installs a command called trans where you can tell it to translate. Examples from the project page. Translate Shell (formerly Google Translate CLI) is a command-line translator powered by Google Translate (default), Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate, and Apertium. It gives you easy access to one of these translation engines in your terminal: $ trans 'Saluton, Mondo!' Saluton, Mondo! Hello, World! Translations of Saluton, Mondo! [ Esperanto -> English ] Saluton , Hello, Mondo ! World! By default, translations with detailed explanations are shown. You can also translate the text briefly: (only the most relevant translation will be...

Full answer by Rinzwind: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1124037 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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