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It is well known that Google can load PDF files properly, via PDF Viewer extensions.

My aim is to open a PDF file, and use the extensions like Google Dictionary, dict.cc, Google Translator on this file. These extensions work like this: You select a word by double clicking (just selection is enough) and its description pops out immediately.

No matter which extension I use, this function seems to work on only web pages, and not on PDF files, even though they both contain selectable text.

Is there any way to get these extensions to cooperate properly?

Kağan Aytekin
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open your PDF file`s using this website: http://pdfviewer.softgateon.net/ (or similar website), then you can use Google Dictionary extensions

masih vaziri
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try using mac osx instead.... I guess there's no way easy to solve this, except altering chrome's source code to replace the adobe pdf plugin.

"Due to technical restrictions, you cannot select text and translate it by a shortcut in PDF files in any browser. Unfortunately, we can do nothing with this. However, in Google Chrome you can select text and translate it instantly from the context menu." ----matetranslate.com

Jason D
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I would recommend Read Aloud, a text-to-speech Chrome App. One of its awesome features is its built-in PDF viewer; it allows you to upload PDF files, then behaves as it would with a webpage. Alternatively, you can upload PDFs to Google Keep.

gnubeard
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Gin Ko
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I use Mendeley website for reading and managing my PDF files. In this way, the google-translate extension pop-up works on the text properly.

However, I understand that this is not an ideal solution as you need to register on the mentioned website and upload your PDF file which could be done by the Chrome browser itself ideally.

Benyamin Jafari
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A Chrome extension called Instant Multilingual PDF/HTML/TXT Translator can translate the selected text in the Chrome pdf viewer.

Although some reviews mention a "free quota" problem, I have not encountered this yet. At least it is constantly being updated.

chongkai Lu
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You can use QTranslate. When you select a word from your pdf you should just click Ctrl+Q in order to see the translation in a small window in the pdf page. I also use AutoHotkey to appoint middle button of mouse to Ctrl+Q. So when I want to look at the translation of a word I just select this word and then click the middle button of mouse. By the way You can use AutoHotkey with the help of chat gpt as I did. You also should open QTranslate, AutoHotkey and click the AutoHotkey file(I made it with chat gpt. it is very easy) before reading.

Omer Imanli
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