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Re: HOWTO convert a pdf to a docbook(XML) format or to a po format



On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:12:43 +0800
"Ji ZhengYu" <zhengyuji@gmail.com> wrote:

> HI,
> I'm not in list, so please CC to me.
> 
> As subject, I want to convert a pdf file to another format, which is
> easy to modify and translate.
> I'd prefer to use vi with po plugin to translate some file, so it's
> best to convert pdf to po file.
> Target file is like this:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> nico@debian:~$ pdfinfo ~/Desktop/latex-doc-pdf/GSWLaTeX.pdf
> Creator:        TeX
> Producer:       pdfeTeX-1.21a
> CreationDate:   Thu Sep 18 20:13:17 2008
> Tagged:         no
> Pages:          46
> Encrypted:      no
> Page size:      595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4)
> File size:      330812 bytes
> Optimized:      no
> PDF version:    1.4
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Any suggestion will be appreciated!
> 
> -- 

Use inkscape.

The text in the pdf will be imported as text (most of the time0 and the
layout will be preserved. I use it all the time. You need the latest
inkscape for this to work (0.46)

Good luck.


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