Polish is the official and predominant spoken language in the country Poland. Thus, many documents and pieces of literature from the country are written in Polish. While the natives can understand them perfectly, outsiders can't read them. So, the right course of action is to translate Polish to English PDF.

There are many Polish-to-English translation tools you can use. But trying them individually to find a good one can be tiring and time-consuming. Luckily, you don't have to do all that tedious work. In this article, you will find the 6 best methods for Polish-to-English translations.

In this article
    1. How To Use PDFelement To Translate Polish PDF to English
    2. How To Use PDFelement To Translate PDF Text From Polish to English
    3. Bonus: Translate Scanned Polish PDFs to English and Polish the Output
  1. Translate PDF From Polish Through Translate.com
  2. Translate Polish to English PDF Using DeftPDF
  3. Translate Polish to English PDF Using imTranslator
  4. Translate Polish to English PDF Using Google Translate
  5. Translate PDF from Polish to English With Google Docs

Method 1: Translate PDF From Polish to English With PDFelement's AI feature

wondershare pdfelement ai powered translate pdf

Wondershare PDFelement is the best tool to translate Polish PDFs into English. First of all, it is a powerful PDF solution. So, you can use it to open and read the Polish PDFs. If you can't understand it, you can use its AI-powered translation tool. The best thing is that it PDFelement is so easy to use. Just click some buttons and set the translator to Polish to English.

Wondershare PDFelement also offers other tools you can use post-translation. You can use the AI tools to rewrite or proofread the translated text.

In the following sections, we will discuss how to translate Polish to English PDF using Wondershare PDFelement.

A. How To Use PDFelement To Translate Polish PDF to English

If you want to translate the whole PDF into English, here's what you need to do. The best thing about this method is it embeds the translated text into the PDF. The formatting is preserved, so the PDF looks the same but with translated words.

  1. Open the Polish PDF in Wondershare PDFelement.
  2. In the "Home" tab, click AI Tools > Translate PDF.
translate pdf ai tool of pdfelement
  1. Set the language to English.

translate pdf options
  1. Click Translate.
  2. Wondershare PDFelement will create a new PDF with the translated text. Wait for the progress to finish and click Open Folder when it pops up.
polish pdf has been successfully translated
  1. Open the PDF to read the translated text.
polish pdf translated to english

B. How To Use PDFelement To Translate PDF Text From Polish to English

Suppose you want to translate some parts of the PDF. You don't need the translated text to be in the document. You are doing this just to understand what's written. These are the steps you need to follow:

  1. Open the Polish PDF in Wondershare PDFelement.
  2. Click the Translate button located on the right toolbar.
translate button on the ai sidebar
  1. Set the translation setting to Polish to English.

setting up polish to english translation
  1. Select and copy the Polish text that you want to translate to English.
  2. Click Translate.
selected polish text has been translated

Bonus: Translate Scanned Polish PDFs to English and Polish the Output

Wondershare PDFelement has the ability to translate scanned PDFs and images. Furthermore, it can tidy up the output using the AI Rewrite feature. Here's how:

  1. Open the scanned PDF with Wondershare PDFelement.
  2. Click Perform OCR > Scan to editable text > Polish > Apply.
performing ocr on scanned polish pdf
  1. Wondershare PDFelement will create a version of the PDF that has editable and translatable text.
  2. Translate the PDF or the Polish text by following the steps provided above.
  3. To improve the writing after the translation, click the blue AI button on the right toolbar.
  4. Select Chat with AI > Rewrite.

ai rewrite feature of wondershare pdfelement
  1. Paste the text that you want the AI to rewrite into the input box.
  2. Send the prompt and wait for the AI assistant to finish writing.
polish text has been translated

Method 2: Translate PDF From Polish Through Translate.com

polish to english online translation tool

Translate.com is what it sounds like. It is an online service for translating text or documents. You can translate Polish text to English using its web app. But if you want a more accurate translation, you can hire their professionals to translate a PDF. That would cost you $0.09 per word. The thing is that it would take longer before you can get the translated PDF.

In this guide, we'll teach you how to translate Polish to English text using the web app since it is the quicker option.

  1. Open a web browser and go to translate.com.
  2. Click the drop-down for "From" and select Polish.
  3. Select English as the target language.
  4. Copy the Polish text from the PDF and paste it into the input box.
  5. Translate.com will automatically translate the text. Review and copy the output as needed.

Method 3: Translate Polish to English PDF Using DeftPDF

uploading file to deftpdf translator app

DeftPDF is a cheap language translation tool for documents. It is a reliable online translator for translating Polish to English PDFs. However, please note that the free tier lets you translate only 3 PDF pages. For each additional page, you need to pay $1.

Here's how to translate files using this web app:

  1. Launch your preferred web browser and go to deftpdf.com/translate.
  2. Click Upload a file.
  3. Set the translator settings to Polish to English.
  4. Click Translate.

Method 4: Translate Polish to English PDF Using imTranslator

user interface of imtranslator web app

Do you want to translate Polish PDFs to English for free and learn how to pronounce Polish words at the same time? Here is the tool that you need. imTranslator is a website where you can get both Google Translate and Microsoft Translation in one place. You can also use it to learn the pronunciation or meaning of words.

Here's how to use it:

  1. Copy the Polish text from the PDF that you want to translate.
  2. Open a web browser and navigate to https://translation2.paralink.com/.
  3. Set the languages to Polish to English.
  4. Paste the text into the input box and click Translate.
  5. Click Google Translate / Microsoft Translator / Translator to check the output of different engines.

Method 5: Translate Polish to English PDF Using Google Translate

document translator page of google translate

Google Translate is a tool that needs no introduction. It is one of the most successful translation tools. The app supports several languages, text or PDF translations, and even image translation. Google Translate also preserves the layout of the document, so no editing is needed after the translation.

Follow these steps to translate a Polish PDF to English using Google Translate:

  1. Launch a web browser. Navigate to translate.google.com.
  2. Click Documents.
  3. Drag and drop the Polish PDF into the Google Translate interface. Alternatively, click Browse your files and select the PDF from your computer.
  4. Select Polish in the language selection on the left and English in the selection on the right.
  5. Click Translate.

Method 6: Translate PDF from Polish to English With Google Docs

translating document using google docs

Google Docs, from Google Workspace, is also a free translator that you can use. It is seamlessly integrated with Google Drive, so you don't have to download the PDF if it's already there. You just have to open it with Google Docs, which you can do in three clicks. After the translation, you can convert the file back to PDF format.

This is how to use Google Docs as a translator:

  1. Open your Google Drive. Upload your PDF if it's not there already.
  2. Double-click your PDF. Click Open with > Google Docs.
  3. Click Tools > Translate Document.
  4. On the pop-up window, click Choose a language > English > Translate.

Conclusion

Polish is not a language you hear frequently unless you're in Poland or surrounded by a Polish community. As such, not many people can understand this language. Expectedly, you may want to use a tool to translate Polish to English PDF. That's where Wondershare PDFelement comes in.

Wondershare PDFelement is equipped with an AI-powered translator. You have two options: translating the PDF while preserving the formatting or translating Polish text in the sidebar. Both features deliver accurate translations. So, you can't go wrong with PDFelement.

Audrey Goodwin
Audrey Goodwin Sep 23, 24
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12 years of talent acquired in the software industry working with large publishers. Public speaker and author of several eBooks on technical writing and editing.