Open-source BabelDOC translates PDF papers and generates bilingual comparisons, 9.3k stars on GitHub
tom_doerr · x · 2026-08-14
BabelDOC is an open-source library for translating PDF scientific papers and generating bilingual comparisons. It has 9.3k stars on GitHub.
- Features: Provides a CLI and Python API, designed for embedding in other programs, but can also be used directly for simple translation tasks.
- Online service: Beta launched with Immersive Translate, offering free quota.
- Self-deployment: Supports PDFMathTranslate-next for self-hosting with WebUI and more translation services.
- Ecosystem: Supports Zotero plugins (immersive-translate/zotero-immersivetranslate and guaguastandup/zotero-pdf2zh).
- Language support: Multiple languages (see docs).
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