Academic PDF Translation, in Reading Order
Two-column papers don't collapse into a jumble. Equations, tables, and figures stay intact in a translated document you can read straight through.
Reading a 30-page paper in a second language takes twice as long. Pasting it into a translator sentence by sentence, two hours go by — and the argument falls apart along the way.
Dropping the whole PDF into a generic translator can make things worse. Two-column layouts collapse into one, equations break, and numbers drift out of their tables into the body text. The sentence explaining Figure 3 ends up nowhere near Figure 3, so you can no longer tell what it is pointing at.
What you need is not a pile of sentence fragments — it is a translated document that keeps the flow of the original.
How academic PDF translation works
Upload your PDF
Upload the paper you need to read, as-is. No cutting and pasting sentences.
Structure-preserving translation
Equations stay equations, tables stay tables, and figures stay in place — reorganized in reading order and translated. Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish are supported.
Original, translation, and summary tabs
Flip between the translation and the original to compare, and use the summary to get the skeleton of the paper first.
What makes Engram different
Academic PDF translation that keeps the reading order
Drop a PDF into a generic translator and two-column layouts tend to collapse into one stream. Engram reads the structure of an academic paper, orders the body text the way it is meant to be read, and keeps figures and tables in context.
Equations stay equations, tables stay tables
Equations are carried over as proper notation instead of broken characters, and tables keep their rows and columns. Fewer numbers drifting into the body text mid-argument.
Compare with the original, start from the summary
The original sits in its own tab next to the translation, so key sentences and numbers can be checked against the source at any time. The summary tab gives you the skeleton of the paper before you commit to the full read.
Built for CJK users first
Engram is designed first for researchers working in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The UI is available in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish, and translations aim for a natural academic register.
Who it's for
- Grad students
Skimming dozens of English papers for a literature review
- Professors & researchers
Keeping up with the latest papers in their field
- Industry R&D
Reading technical papers at working speed
Frequently asked questions
1Does it translate papers with figures and tables?
2Does it summarize papers?
3Can I compare it with the original?
4Can I use it for free?
5Can I quote the translation as-is?