PDF Translate for VSCode

Translate PDF documents while preserving layout, formulas, and figures. Powered by PDFMathTranslate.

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Features

Layout Preservation - Maintains original formatting, formulas, and figures
40+ Languages - English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and more
14+ Translation Services - Google, Bing, OpenAI, DeepL, Gemini, etc.
Dual Output - Generates translated-only and bilingual versions
Real-time Progress - Shows translation progress with cancel support
One-Click Translate - Right-click any PDF to translate

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
uv tool install --python 3.12 pdf2zh

macOS / Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv tool install --python 3.12 pdf2zh

settings

{
  "pdfTranslate.apiKeys": {
    "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-xxx",
    "DEEPL_AUTH_KEY": "your-key"
  }
}

Translated files are saved to translated-pdfs/ folder:

my-document.pdf
translated-pdfs/
  ├── my-document-mono.pdf   (translated)
  └── my-document-dual.pdf   (bilingual)

The extension automatically detects pdf2zh in:

If still not found:

Manually set path in settings:

{ "pdfTranslate.pdf2zhPath": "C:\\Users\\Name\\.local\\bin\\pdf2zh.exe" }

Use Bing instead (works without proxy):

{ "pdfTranslate.translationService": "bing" }