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An EPUB metadata block where the book title is translated into Spanish and the language tag changes from en to es, while the cover and stylesheet stay untouched
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How to Translate an EPUB and Still Get a Book That Opens

Translate a whole e-book free and get back a real .epub. Both tables of contents, the title, the language tag and the alt text are translated. Cover, fonts and stylesheet come back byte for byte. No signup.

Epub Ebooks Publishing Language Learning Tools How To
A YAML locale file where the greeting value is translated into Spanish while the comment above it and the %{name} placeholder stay exactly as they were

How to Translate a YAML Locale File Without Losing Your Comments

Translate a YAML or Rails i18n locale file free. Keys, comments, anchors, merge keys and placeholders like %{name} come back untouched, because only the values are rewritten. No signup.

Yaml Rails I18n Localization Tools How To
A CSV row where the product name is translated into Spanish while the SKU in the same row stays exactly as it was

How to Translate a CSV File Without Breaking the Columns You Need

Translate a CSV free by picking which columns get translated. SKUs, prices, IDs, URLs and the delimiter come back byte-identical. No row cap, no daily cap, no account.

Csv Spreadsheets Ecommerce Localization Tools How To
A JSON locale file where the greeting value is translated into Spanish while the key and the name placeholder stay exactly the same

How to Translate a JSON Locale File Without Breaking Keys

Translate an i18n JSON file free. The values get translated, while keys, nesting, and placeholders like {{name}} come back exactly as they were.

Json I18n Localization Developers Tools How To
A PowerPoint slide title translated from English to Spanish while the slide layout and speaker notes stay in place

How to Translate a PowerPoint and Keep the Formatting

Translating a deck usually means retyping every slide. Translate a .pptx free with the theme, tables, and speaker notes kept exactly in place.

Powerpoint Pptx Presentations Documents How To
A spreadsheet cell translated from English to Spanish while the formula in the next column stays exactly the same

How to Translate an Excel File Without Breaking Formulas

Translate an .xlsx free without breaking formulas, numbers, or charts. Do the whole workbook or pick just one column, like Description.

Excel Xlsx Spreadsheets Documents Tools How To
A scanned PDF page with no text layer being read with OCR and translated into Spanish

How to Translate a PDF Free, Including Scanned PDFs

Most PDF translators give up when a page is a scan. Translate any PDF free, with built-in OCR for scanned and photographed pages.

Pdf Ocr Documents Tools How To
A line of a text file translated from English to Spanish while staying on the same line in the same position

How to Translate a TXT File and Keep Every Line Where It Was

Paste a long text file into a translator and it comes back as one blob. Translate a whole .txt free with every line and blank line in place.

Txt Plain Text Documents Tools How To
A Word document line translated from English to Spanish with the bold word moved to the correct position and the formatting kept intact

How to Translate a Word Document and Keep the Formatting

Copy a Word file into a translator and the layout falls apart. Translate a .docx free with every font, table, and heading kept exactly in place.

Word Docx Documents Tools How To
An h1 tag translated from English to Spanish with the surrounding HTML tags left intact

How to Translate an HTML File Without Breaking the Layout

Paste HTML into a translator and the tags get mangled. Translate an .html file free, keeping every tag, link, class, and inline style intact.

Html Tools How To
A glossary pinning Acme Cloud to stay unchanged and Dashboard to translate as Tablero

How to Stop a Translator From Translating Your Brand Name

Brand name coming back translated, or a key term rendered three different ways? Use a free glossary to lock your terms across every language.

Html Tools How To
An HTML email headline translated from English to French with the layout and brand name preserved

How to Translate an HTML Email Template

Localizing a campaign or transactional email? Translate the HTML free, keeping the table layout, inline styles, and buttons exactly as they were.

Html Tools How To
An English sentence translated into Spanish side by side in a translator

How to Translate Text Online for Free (No Signup)

Translate a block of text into 50+ languages without making an account. Free, instant, no signup, plus what to do when the text runs long.

Translation Text How To
A line of messy copied text with extra spaces and a footnote marker, cleaned into a tidy line

How to Clean Up Text Copied from a PDF

Pasted text from a PDF full of page numbers, double spaces, and broken lines? Clean it up in seconds, free, and get tidy text back.

Text Tools How To
A Cyrillic phrase converted into the Latin alphabet, keeping the same pronunciation

Transliteration vs Translation: What Is the Difference?

Transliteration swaps the letters and keeps the sound. Translation changes the meaning. Here is when you need each, with examples.

Transliteration Tools How To
A subtitle cue with its timecode stripped away, leaving only the plain spoken line

Subtitles Into a Transcript: Which Output Format to Pick

One line per cue, paragraphs, or a single block? How to choose the right shape when you turn a subtitle file into readable text.

Subtitles SRT How To
A code card showing an SRT cue converted to WEBVTT format with the same timings

Why Your Video Player Rejects Your Subtitle File

A browser player wants .vtt and a desktop player wants .srt. Here is why they differ, and how to give each one the format it expects.

Subtitles SRT VTT How To
A code card showing the phrase Bonjour le monde detected as French with high confidence

How to Detect What Language a Text Is In, Free

Paste text and find out what language it is in seconds. Free language detector, no signup, plus why short snippets are harder to identify.

Language Detection Tools How To
A code card showing a subtitle timecode shifted by negative two and a half seconds back into sync

How to Fix Out-of-Sync Subtitles

Subtitles too early or too late? Shift an SRT back into sync in seconds, free, plus how to spot the kind of drift a simple shift will not fix.

Subtitles SRT How To
A dark code card showing an SRT cue with its timecode kept intact after translation

How to Translate an SRT File Without Breaking Timecodes

Translate a subtitle file into another language and get a working SRT back, with every timestamp and line number intact. Free, no signup.

Subtitles SRT How To
SRT vs VTT subtitle format comparison showing the timecode separator difference

SRT vs VTT: Subtitle Formats Explained

What is the difference between SRT and VTT subtitle files? A practical guide to both formats, when to use each, and how to convert them free.

Subtitles SRT VTT