How to Translate the PDF comments

Question

Hello, 
 With SDL TRADOS Studio, Is it possible to translate the comments of PDF files and count the words of these comments? 
 Kid regards, 
 David GOPOIS

Paul · Answer

Hi David Gopois 
 
I think it may depend on the origin of the comments. I can't test this properly as I don't have access to Adobe Acrobat, the full version, but if I add a highlighting comment, or a sticky note, into a PDF it is not extracted. 
 
There is an option on the PDF filetype to extract comments, under the Common node, so make sure it's enabled and see where you get. I'll investigate tomorrow a little more and let you know.

Paul · Answer

Hi David Gopois 
 
I discussed this with the filetype manager this morning and comments extraction from PDFs are not supported at all. We use the same UI as for the DOCX filetype but for some reason didn't remove the features that are not supported. 
 
Pretty poor explanation I'm afraid, but at least you know not to expect comments in your translation even if they are present in the PDF. 
 
Going forward this is something we hope will be supported by the 3rd party libraries we use at some point and may be possible in a future update.

David Gopois · Answer

HI Paul, 
Thanks for your response. 
David

Astrid Elke Witte · Answer

Updated link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IETrJuHJHWw-CXfzbtsyK8OL_9uStx1A/view?usp=share_link

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How to Translate the PDF comments