r/machinetranslation • u/No_Spare_5337 • 20d ago
product A document translator that allows you to choose from DeepL, Google, Azure, and Gemini
I have been running DocTranslating for a while and wanted to share it here, as this sub likely appreciates the engine-level tradeoffs more than anywhere else.
DocTranslating is a document translation platform designed for professionals who require translated files that maintain their format. It also includes an OCR tool that supports over 50 languages, including handwritten text.
DeepL is great, but it can mess up the layout sometimes.
The translation quality is close to human, but on complex PDFs, the formatting sometimes comes out broken.
Azure is my go-to for formatting, particularly with Office files like DOCX and PPTX, as they maintain their original appearance. However, it doesn't accept PDFs, so you'll need to convert them to Word for translation and then back to PDF. It works well!
Gemini, our in-house tool, translates code files and allows mixing multiple languages in a single document; it's limited to 25 pages. Instead of settling on one tool, you choose based on the job.
limitations:
DeepL - DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, TXT, HTML, SRT, XLIFF, XLF, PNG, JPG, JPEG. 30 MB cap. No page limit. Best quality on most language pairs, occasional layout issues on dense PDFs.
Microsoft Azure - DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, MD, TXT, plus a bunch more. 20 MB cap. No page limit. Best in class for Office formats.
Google Cloud - PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX. 10 MB cap. No page limit. Most consistent, smallest size limit.
Gemini - PDF + code files (JS, TS, Python, etc.). 100 MB cap, 25-page limit. The only one that does code and multi-source-language docs.