Translate Scanned PDFs Without Breaking the Layout | Reglyph

What

Reglyph is a PDF translation tool for scanned and image-only documents, aimed at individuals and high-volume users who need translated pages without rebuilding the original layout. It runs OCR before translation and re-typesets translated text into the original page positions, addressing the common failure where scanned files return gibberish or lose tables, columns, and surrounding page elements. Its positioning is layout-preserving scanned-PDF translation for document types such as certificates, transcripts, statements, records, legal documents, and books.

Features

• Automatic OCR for scanned and image PDFs: accepts scans and phone-created PDFs, so users do not need a separate OCR or text-conversion step before translation.
• In-place translated layout: removes original text and places the translation in the same positions, helping preserve headings, numbered steps, tables, columns, and text near figures.
• Preservation of non-text page elements: stamps, seals, signatures, illustrations, photos, and numeric values are left in their original positions, which is useful for certificates, contracts, and official records.
• Bilingual PDF output: provides original and translated pages side by side for page-by-page comparison.
• Page-by-page processing and file limits: supports multi-page scanned PDFs up to 100 MB and includes 5 free pages per day; paid plans cover one-time pages and monthly volumes.

Helpful Tips

• Test on a representative scanned document before committing to a plan, checking that OCR reads the scan accurately and that tables, columns, seals, signatures, and numbers remain in place.
• Treat layout preservation as a verification task rather than an assumption: compare the translated and bilingual outputs page by page, especially for legal, medical, academic, and official records.
• Match plan choice to actual page volume and file-size constraints; the source lists a 100 MB per-file limit, 5 free pages daily, and one-time or monthly page plans.
• Do not assume regulatory acceptance or certified-translation status from the product page; the source describes translation and layout preservation, not certification or compliance guarantees.