This is an add-on for Zotero 6. It provides PDF translation for Zotero built-in PDF reader.

• Download the latest release (.xpi file) from the Releases Page
  Note If you're using Firefox as your browser, right click the xpi and select "Save As.."
• In Zotero click "Tools" in the top menu bar and then click "Addons"
• Go to the Extensions page and then click the gear icon in the top right.
• Select Install Add-on from file.
• Browse to where you downloaded the .xpi file and select it.
• Restart Zotero, by clicking "restart now" in the extensions list where the Zotero PDF Translate plugin is now listed.

Note Not recommended if you don't want to edit the code.

git clone [email protected]:windingwind/zotero-pdf-translate.git
cd zotero-pdf-translate
VERSION=0.0.1 make

Alternatively, version numbers can be passed to make directly: make VERSION=0.0.1

Once you have the plugin installed simply, open any PDF in your collections.

Select some text, the translation are shown.

If Automatically Translation is disabled, use shortcut T or click button to translate selected text.

Not the lauguage you want? The default tartget lauguage is zh-CN(Chinese Simplified). You can edit it in the Preference menu.

• Enable Translation, default true
• Automatically Translation, default true
• Enable Popup: Show results in a right-click popup or only in the side bar, default true
• Translate Annotation: Save annotation's translation as comment, default true

The default engine is Google Translate. Currently we support:

WARNING
Translation engines that do not require secret is only for trial use and cannot guarantee quality or availability.
If you expect stable and high-quality translation results, please use a translation engine that requires secret.
If the engine you want is not yet supported, please post an issue.

You can change the source and target language here. For some Translte Engines, the secret is required. They are listed below:

Microsoft Translate
WARNING The default secret may reach limit or be deleted any time. Please consider use your own secret.
For how to get a free Microsoft secret and more infomation, see this. Copy your secret and paste it in the settings.
See this issue for detailed steps to setup the Microsoft Translate.

DeepL Translate Follow the instruction here.

Niu Translate
Apply here.
Chinese Document
The secret is APIKEY.

Baidu Translate
Apply here. Chinese Document
The secret format is MY_APPID#MY_KEY(split with '#').

Tencent Translate
Apply here. Chinese Document
The secret format is secretId#SecretKey#Region(optional, default ap-shanghai)#ProjectId(optional, default 0)(split with '#').

• Font Size: The font size of result text, default 12
• Reverse Raw/Result SideBar: Reverse the order of Raw/Result in sidebar if true, default false

• Disable Automatic Translation when File Language is(split with ','): If you want to disable automatic translation in zh and ja files, set zh,ja.

Use this code under AGPL. No warranties are provided. Keep the laws of your locality in mind!

Part of the code of this repo refers to other open-source projects within the allowed scope.

• zotero-scihub
• zotero-tag

• zotero-tag: Automatically tag items/Batch tagging