Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[sara fink]

Thanks to everyone who helped me with the ideas to convert it. I ended up
using translate.google.com where it allowed to convert even a pdf. I had to
split the file in 4 because otherwise it left lots of untraslated pages. I
splitted it each 13 pages. Then I copied and pasted the translation in word
processor.

I also had to extract the images and add them. The option of the pdf viewer
that sends a link didn't work. I think it was due to the limit of 10MB file
(although mine had 9MB).

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Dotan Cohen  wrote:

> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 18:43, Stan Goodman 
> wrote:
> > Manufacturers of major appliances generally market their product
> > internationally, which mostly requires user instructions in English. I
> > have an Italian washing machine that came with the manufacturer's user
> > guide in Italian, Hungarian, and a number of more exotic languages, plus
> > the importer's badly written Hebrew translation -- nothing in English,
> > because the item is not marketed outside Israel (because nowhere else is
> > it customary for washing machines to heat their own water).  I had to
> > induce the importer to get me an English user guide for a model which is
> > virtually identical with mine save for the water heater. I have also
> > done similarly with a German vacuum cleaner. You could probably get the
> > manufacturer's user manual for your dishwasher by approaching the local
> > agent of the manufacturer.
>
> As usual, Stan is insightful. My apartment has a Bauknecht washing
> machine, for which the instruction manual is available only in German.
> Even the importer could not get for me an English or Hebrew manual.
> However, a very similar machine is rebranded as Whirlpool and sold in
> the United States. The Whirlpool manual, in English, is also pertinent
> to the Bauknecht washer.
>
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Dotan Cohen]

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 18:43, Stan Goodman  wrote:
> Manufacturers of major appliances generally market their product
> internationally, which mostly requires user instructions in English. I
> have an Italian washing machine that came with the manufacturer's user
> guide in Italian, Hungarian, and a number of more exotic languages, plus
> the importer's badly written Hebrew translation -- nothing in English,
> because the item is not marketed outside Israel (because nowhere else is
> it customary for washing machines to heat their own water).  I had to
> induce the importer to get me an English user guide for a model which is
> virtually identical with mine save for the water heater. I have also
> done similarly with a German vacuum cleaner. You could probably get the
> manufacturer's user manual for your dishwasher by approaching the local
> agent of the manufacturer.

As usual, Stan is insightful. My apartment has a Bauknecht washing
machine, for which the instruction manual is available only in German.
Even the importer could not get for me an English or Hebrew manual.
However, a very similar machine is rebranded as Whirlpool and sold in
the United States. The Whirlpool manual, in English, is also pertinent
to the Bauknecht washer.

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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Stan Goodman]

On Saturday 21 May 2011 at 18:26:30 (GMT+2) Gadi Cohen 
 wrote:

> On 21/05/2011 16:20, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > In Google Translate, below the main form, is this link:
> > "Type text or a website address or translate a document."
> > 
> > Thanks, Gadi, I did not know about that until you mentioned it!
> 
> Yeah, it was a big and helpful surprise for me too... thought I'd
> share the love ;)
> 
> >> After eventually finding a manual for my dishwasher in German, I
> >> used Google Translate to do this and finally figured out what all
> >> the beeping meant :)

Manufacturers of major appliances generally market their product 
internationally, which mostly requires user instructions in English. I 
have an Italian washing machine that came with the manufacturer's user 
guide in Italian, Hungarian, and a number of more exotic languages, plus 
the importer's badly written Hebrew translation -- nothing in English, 
because the item is not marketed outside Israel (because nowhere else is 
it customary for washing machines to heat their own water).  I had to 
induce the importer to get me an English user guide for a model which is 
virtually identical with mine save for the water heater. I have also 
done similarly with a German vacuum cleaner. You could probably get the 
manufacturer's user manual for your dishwasher by approaching the local 
agent of the manufacturer.
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Dotan Cohen]

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 17:10, Gadi Cohen  wrote:
> [For those that didn't, Google are launching a project where home devices
> can communicate wirelessly, either via wifi or if not via Google's own
> wireless protocol, with a central hub running Android.  As I understood it,
> everything will be open sourced and no licenses required to develop the
> hardware... which sounds fantastic to me.  Although obviously the primary
> development platform will be at a higher level in Java (or via Dalvik VM, at
> least).  The technology is tiny, so can, as they demonstrated, be built into
> an actual light bulb, as opposed to replacing your actual switches.]
>

I'm going to have a blast hacking this when my neighbour get it. The
best part will be:
+"Hi, can I borrow some flour?"
-"No, we're all out"
+"Actually, according you your Google I/O, you still have half a kilo"

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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[sara fink]

Hi Gadi

Thanks a lot. I did that and it translated but not the whole document. The
document had 52 pages and it translated until page 14.  Very weird. I might
try to split the document.  Also the document is formatted into 2 columns

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Gadi Cohen  wrote:

>  You can actually do this directly from Google Translate!
>
>
>  After eventually finding a manual for my dishwasher in German, I used
> Google Translate to do this and finally figured out what all the beeping
> meant :)
>
>
>  Gadi
>
>
>   On 16/05/2011 14:11, sara fink wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to
> translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be
> appreciated
>
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Gadi Cohen]

On 21/05/2011 16:20, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> In Google Translate, below the main form, is this link:
> "Type text or a website address or translate a document."
>
> Thanks, Gadi, I did not know about that until you mentioned it!
Yeah, it was a big and helpful surprise for me too... thought I'd share
the love ;)
>> After eventually finding a manual for my dishwasher in German, I used Google
>> Translate to do this and finally figured out what all the beeping meant :)
> I'm still in suspense. What was all the beeping?

Uhh... it needed more salt.  I didn't know dishwashers used salt.  My bad.

For those who saw Google I/O, I'm waiting for the day when my dishwasher
will have Android @ Home support and can tell me wirelessly (and in
English!) what it needs :)

[For those that didn't, Google are launching a project where home
devices can communicate wirelessly, either via wifi or if not via
Google's own wireless protocol, with a central hub running Android.  As
I understood it, everything will be open sourced and no licenses
required to develop the hardware... which sounds fantastic to me. 
Although obviously the primary development platform will be at a higher
level in Java (or via Dalvik VM, at least).  The technology is tiny, so
can, as they demonstrated, be built into an actual light bulb, as
opposed to replacing your actual switches.]

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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Dotan Cohen]

2011/5/21 Gadi Cohen :
> You can actually do this directly from Google Translate!
>

In Google Translate, below the main form, is this link:
"Type text or a website address or translate a document."

Thanks, Gadi, I did not know about that until you mentioned it!

> After eventually finding a manual for my dishwasher in German, I used Google
> Translate to do this and finally figured out what all the beeping meant :)
>

I'm still in suspense. What was all the beeping?


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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Gadi Cohen]

You can actually do this directly from Google Translate!


After eventually finding a manual for my dishwasher in German, I used
Google Translate to do this and finally figured out what all the beeping
meant :)


Gadi


On 16/05/2011 14:11, sara fink wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like
> to translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will
> be appreciated
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[sara fink]

The problem is in reading. I don't need to write it.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
wrote:

> Hi Sara,
> I did not understand where the bigger problem lies - in reading or writing.
> Reading - Sometimes you can grab the text from a pdf (then maybe put in in
> google translate). This does not work with old PDFs. You would need an OCR
> program for that.
> Writing - Using close source (acrobat writer, costs money), you can change
> a pdf WYSIWUG. (supposing you got drawings and you want to write around
> them). I am not aware of a FOSS solution.
> Orna
>
> 2011/5/16 sara fink 
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to
>> translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be
>> appreciated
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[sammy ominsky]

Sorry, I sent my reply offline to Sara, maybe I should have sent it to the list.

http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/translate-pdf-word-documents-online-google-translate/3553/

sambo

On 16/05/2011, at 07:49, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

> Hi,
> You can use pdf2txt (
> http://pnaplinux.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-linux-flavours-how-to-pdf2txt.html)
> to convert it to text and then feed it to one of the translation engines
> available.
> 
> Hetz
> 
> 
> 2011/5/16 sara fink 
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to
>> translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be
>> appreciated
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

Hi,
You can use pdf2txt (
http://pnaplinux.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-linux-flavours-how-to-pdf2txt.html)
to convert it to text and then feed it to one of the translation engines
available.

Hetz


2011/5/16 sara fink 

> Hi
>
> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to
> translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be
> appreciated
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Re: translate a pdf file from german to english

[Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda]

Hi Sara,
I did not understand where the bigger problem lies - in reading or writing.
Reading - Sometimes you can grab the text from a pdf (then maybe put in in
google translate). This does not work with old PDFs. You would need an OCR
program for that.
Writing - Using close source (acrobat writer, costs money), you can change a
pdf WYSIWUG. (supposing you got drawings and you want to write around them).
I am not aware of a FOSS solution.
Orna

2011/5/16 sara fink 

> Hi
>
> I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to
> translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be
> appreciated
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