Systematically resolving key issues in PDF and scanned document translation
What actually happens to a file after you upload it: how long it is kept, whether it trains a model, who can reach it — and when the honest answer is that it should not be uploaded at all.
A 300-page book is not just a long document; it fails in different ways. Which format to start from, what breaks over hundreds of pages, and how to check a translation you will not read twice.
Five steps that work for any PDF — a text file, a scan, or a 300-page report. The first step decides the result, and it is the one most people skip.
Subtitles that drift out of sync, lines too long to read, terminology misheard — video translation has failure modes text translation does not. Here is what causes them and what can be fixed.
Batch translation is not just uploading more files — it is applying the same settings and glossary to all of them so the set stays consistent. Here is how to set it up and what to check.
Large PDF won't upload, times out, or stops partway? Here is how to translate large PDF files — hundreds of pages or heavy scans — by compressing, splitting, and checking your page quota first.
