PDFMathTranslate is an AI-powered tool for bilingual translation of scientific PDF papers, preserving formulas, charts, table of contents, and annotations intact . It supports multiple languages and integrates with translation services like Google, DeepL, Ollama, and OpenAI, offering CLI, GUI, and Docker deployment options . Released under the AGPL-3.0 license, the project features online demos and an active community, making it ideal for research, educational, and publication workflows.
Official website: https://pdf2zh.com/
Source code: https://github.com/Byaidu/PDFMathTranslate
For different use cases, we provide distinct methods to use our program:
1. UV install
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Python installed (3.10 <= version <= 3.12)
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Install our package:
pip install uv uv tool install --python 3.12 pdf2zh
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Execute translation, files generated in current working directory:
pdf2zh document.pdf
2. Windows exe
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Download pdf2zh-version-win64.zip from release page
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Unzip and double-click
pdf2zh.exeto run.
3. Graphic user interface
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Python installed (3.10 <= version <= 3.12)
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Install our package:
pip install pdf2zh
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Start using in browser:
pdf2zh -i
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If your browswer has not been started automatically, goto
http://localhost:7860/
See documentation for GUI for more details.
4. Docker
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Pull and run:
docker pull byaidu/pdf2zh docker run -d -p 7860:7860 byaidu/pdf2zh
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Open in browser:
http://localhost:7860/
For docker deployment on cloud service:
5. Zotero Plugin
See Zotero PDF2zh for more details.
6. Commandline
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Python installed (3.10 <= version <= 3.12)
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Install our package:
pip install pdf2zh
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Execute translation, files generated in current working directory:
pdf2zh document.pdf
Tip
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If you’re using Windows and cannot open the file after downloading, please install vc_redist.x64.exe and try again.
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If you cannot access Docker Hub, please try the image on GitHub Container Registry.
docker pull ghcr.io/byaidu/pdfmathtranslate
docker run -d -p 7860:7860 ghcr.io/byaidu/pdfmathtranslate
The present program needs an AI model(wybxc/DocLayout-YOLO-DocStructBench-onnx) before working and some users are not able to download due to network issues. If you have a problem with downloading this model, we provide a workaround using the following environment variable:
set HF_ENDPOINT=https://hf-mirror.com
For PowerShell user:
$env:HF_ENDPOINT = https://hf-mirror.com
If the solution does not work to you / you encountered other issues, please refer to frequently asked questions.
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