Structure-aware parsing
Markup, tags, placeholders, and inline formatting are protected. Only translatable text is sent for translation, and it returns to exactly the right node.
Translate & Adapt
Document Translation With Formatting Preserved
Translate Word, PowerPoint, PDF, XLIFF, XML, JSON, HTML, DITA, and more into 75+ languages — structure, tags, and layout intact, glossary applied, and every string written back into translation memory.
Free to start · 75+ languages · No credit card required
Capabilities
What Document Translation does
25+ formats
DOCX, PPTX, PDF, XLIFF, XML, JSON, HTML, Markdown, YAML, PO, RESX, properties, DITA and DITAMAP, ADOC, MIF, TTX, and more.
Office plugins
Translate inside Microsoft Word and PowerPoint directly, without exporting and re-importing.
Glossary and style guides
Terminology, tone, and forbidden phrasing are applied automatically rather than corrected in review.
DITA and structured content
Full DITA map handling for technical documentation sets, so topic reuse survives localization.
AI proofreading and back-translation
A proofreading agent reviews as a subject-matter expert, and back-translation verifies that meaning survived the round trip.
How it works
Four steps, one orchestrated run
Every stage runs on the same platform, so nothing is exported, re-uploaded, or handed between tools.
- 01
Upload or use the plugin
Drop files into Universe, or translate in place from Word and PowerPoint.
- 02
Set languages and terminology
Choose targets and the glossary or style guide the run should follow.
- 03
Translate with memory first
Exact matches are reused for free, fuzzy and semantic matches are proposed, and models are only called for genuine gaps.
- 04
Review and deliver
Route to a proofreader if needed, then export per-language files in the original format.
Who it is for
Teams using Document Translation
Technical documentation
Localize manuals and help centres without breaking topic reuse or conditional text.
Regulated content
Pharma, finance, and legal documents where terminology must match an approved list exactly.
Sales and enablement decks
Translate PowerPoint without the layout falling apart on longer languages.
Product strings
Ship XLIFF, JSON, and RESX resource files straight from the repo into localization and back.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Will my formatting survive translation?
Yes. Files are parsed structurally: tags, placeholders, styles, and layout containers are preserved, and only translatable text is replaced. Documents come back in their original format, not as a flattened export.
Can I enforce our approved terminology?
Yes. Glossaries and style guides are applied during translation, and translation memory reuses previously approved wording before any model is consulted.
Do you support DITA and structured documentation?
Yes, including DITA maps, so topic-based documentation sets localize as a set rather than as loose files.
Is a human review step available?
Yes. AI proofreading and back-translation run automatically, and you can route any run to your own linguists or to Vitra's proofreading network before delivery.
Start with Document Translation. Grow into the whole platform.
Everything in Vitra Universe shares one translation memory, one brand kit, and one quality bar — so the work you do here makes everything you do next faster.