Google Translate & Other Quick Translation Techniques

There are two ways to get a PDF document into Word. The first is to export the document to Word from Adobe Acrobat DC.

1. Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat DC
2. Navigate to File -- Export To -- Microsoft Word

The second way is to open the PDF by using the Word desktop app. As far as I can tell, you cannot open a PDF using the web version. Use this method if you are unsatisfied with the Adobe export version.

1. Open Word
2. Navigate to File -- Open -- Browse
3. Find your PDF file and open it.
4. Click OK on the popup message 

Word will now Convert your PDF to an editable Word Document. The resulting Word document will be optimized to allow you to edit the text, so it might not look exactly like the original PDF, especially if the original file contained lots of graphics.

5. If you get the yellow security protected view bar, just X out of it when the edit button returns.  Do not click the edit button as it will start the process over again.

Translating a selection 

If all you need is a quick translation of an abstract, you can cut and paste from a selectable PDF directly into a blank Word Document.

1. Open a blank Word document
2. Copy and Paste a selection of text from the PDF into the blank document
3. In the Search box at the very top of the document type Translate
4. Select Best Action then Translate Selection
5. The translator will open in a side bar
6. Make sure the From section is set to Auto-detect
7. Select the text you want translated

Translating an Entire Document

1. Follow one of the two methods in the Translating Using Microsoft Word App box above to get the document into Microsoft Word
2. Under Tools select Translate.

3. The translator will open in a sidebar
4. Select Document in the sidebar
5. Make sure the From section is set to Auto-detect
6. Click Translate. (you may be asked to save the document)
7. Once translation is complete be sure to save your work.

I've never been able to open a PDF document in the web version of Word. However, you can still translate selections and documents in this version.

1. If article is a PDF, export it to Word
2. Open Office 365
3. In Word, open the file you want to translate
4. Select Review in the ribbon, then select Translate
5. The translator will open in a sidebar
6. Select Document in the sidebar
7. Make sure the From section is set to Auto-detect
8. Click Translate
9. Once translation is complete be sure to save your work.