PDFMathTranslate/PDFMathTranslate

Project overview

This project translates scientific PDF documents while preserving formulas, charts, tables of contents, and annotations. Users can run it locally via pip or binary, use a hosted demo, or interact through a web GUI, CLI, HTTP API, or MCP server.

Project type

MCP · Document Processing

Use cases

Translation & Subtitles

Deployment

Refer to project documentation

License

AGPL-3.0

Best for

• General users and researchers who need to translate local or online scientific PDF documents while preserving formulas, charts, and annotations.

Key capabilities

• Translates scientific PDF documents while preserving formulas, charts, table of contents, and annotations.
• Provides an interactive web-based user interface in the browser.
• Enables MCP STDIO and SSE modes.
• Generates a translated document and a bilingual document side-by-side.
• Provides an HTTP API to communicate with a server that has the program installed.

Limitations and risks

• Computing resources of the hosted demo are limited and should not be abused.
• The version 2.0 fork is intended solely for development and does not address compatibility issues.

Getting started

• Setup is categorized as easy because installation is available via pip and a hosted demo is provided. Users can achieve first success by running 'pip install pdf2zh' followed by 'pdf2zh document.pdf'.

Evidence and sources

• README: Scientific PDF document translation preserving layouts.
• README: pip install pdf2zh
• README: Language barriers in scientific documents hinder the diffusion and development of science and technologies.
• README: This work has been accepted by the
• Release: v1.9.11

Reviewed at: 2026-07-17T09:17:26Z