FAQ
What files can I use?
You can upload a .docx file or choose a Google Doc.
Which languages are available?
Over 70, listed below. You can choose several languages and a different number of copies for each one.
Hindi
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
French
Arabic
Bengali
Portuguese
Russian
Urdu
Indonesian
Punjabi (Gurmukhi script)
German
Japanese
Telugu
Marathi
Turkish
Tamil
Vietnamese
Korean
Swahili
Italian
Gujarati
Yoruba
Polish
Kannada
Ukrainian
Malayalam
Persian (Farsi)
Malay
Azerbaijani
Romanian
Dutch
Hungarian
Czech
Greek
Swedish
Thai
Nepali
Kazakh
Sinhala
Filipino (Tagalog)
Amharic
Somali
Burmese
Hebrew
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Croatian
Slovak
Serbian
Bulgarian
Georgian
Armenian
Pashto
Khmer
Lao
Haitian Creole
Igbo
Akan (Twi)
Cebuano
Ilocano
Hmong
Tigrinya
Yiddish
Mongolian (Cyrillic script)
Albanian
Bosnian
Samoan
Navajo (Diné)
How do copy counts work?
Enter how many copies you need in each language. The combined PDF repeats each worksheet that many times, so you can print it all at once. For example, the settings below give you one copy in Simplified Chinese, two in Traditional Chinese, and four in Spanish.
Save a preset for each class to reuse its languages and copy counts. Your most recent settings are saved as Default automatically.
Will the translated worksheet keep its layout?
I try to preserve tables, math, answer space, and supported figures. Translation changes text length, so the result may use more pages or need adjustment. Use Report a problem on the results page if the layout does not work.
How good are the translations?
Very good! Commonly spoken languages such as Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, French, etc. have excellent quality, but you're likely to get good results even in less-represented languages like Mongolian.
Should I review the translations?
Yes, if you can. They can still contain mistakes.
How does the translation work?
I use a large language model (LLM) to translate each worksheet. Read more about them on Wikipedia. It uses the surrounding text to help translate words in context.
What's a "term sheet"?
Polycopies picks out key terms and puts them in a bilingual table at the top of the worksheet. It can also add the English terms in parentheses throughout the text, as shown below. I've found this helpful for students writing answers and learning vocabulary. Seeing the words repeatedly can help them learn English vocabulary. You can turn either option off when creating a worksheet.
Why does the translated worksheet look different?
Translated text takes up a different amount of space, and some languages read from right to left. Polycopies rebuilds the layout to fit the translated text, including math and tables.
Some layouts still need work. Use Report a problem on the results page if yours comes out wrong.