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Sometimes you want to machine translate a document written from in one language to another language.

There are different approaches:

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Use Google Translate

https://translate.google.com/ allows you to translate the text of a document such as a PDF. Here's a screencast showing how to select the language and upload a PDF.

Note that detailed formatting of the formatting PDF is not directly preserved. 

Using Google Docs

If you are a Google user with a Gmail account, you can use Google Docs to upload and convert a document to Google Docs and then use the built in translation tools of Google Docs to create a new language version of your document.

The http://www.pdfconverter.com/resources/blog/how-to-translate-pdf-files-to-different-languages-free shows how with illustrated screenshots.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office users can translate documents within Microsoft Office. Watch the YouTube video "How To Use the Translation Features of Microsoft Word" from Microsoft Research

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