Translate a PowerPoint presentation from English to German

Upload a .pptx and get the deck back in German, with the slide layouts, masters and animations in place.

Accepted here: .ppt, .pptx, .odp and more. Up to 40 MB per file, 10 files at once.

Presentations are the hardest documents to translate by copy and paste: dozens of text boxes per deck, each with its own position and size. Translating the file as a whole keeps every box in place, so you only need to review the slides where German runs long.

What to expect when translating a PowerPoint

  • Every text box and table on the slides is translated and stays on its slide. Layouts, masters, animations and transitions are kept.
  • Text keeps its font. If that font lacks a character the new language needs, PowerPoint substitutes one, so pick fonts that cover the target alphabet.
  • Text inside pictures, screenshots and exported charts is not translated, because it is part of the image. Charts built in PowerPoint keep their translated labels.

English to German

German text runs about 20 to 30 % longer than English. In a flowing document that just adds lines; in fixed boxes, table cells and slides it can make text tighter, so check those spots. The translation uses the formal "Sie", the default for business and official German.

How it works

  1. 1

    Drop the file

    Upload the original file. The source language is detected automatically, so you don't have to pick it.

  2. 2

    Pick German

    Choose German as the target. You can add more target languages and get one translated file per language.

  3. 3

    Download the same file type

    You get the same file type back with the layout kept, ready to open in the program you used before.

What happens to your file

noll is built for documents you would not paste into a free online translator. Files are processed in EU data centres, never used to train models and permanently deleted 30 minutes after the translation finishes, or as soon as you delete them yourself. There is no document history to leak later.

How your data is handled

Pricing

Translation is billed by the page. See the current plans before you upload a large batch.

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Frequently asked questions

Will my fonts change?

Text keeps its font. Fonts that cover the Latin alphabet already include ä, ö, ü and ß, so a standard corporate font needs no change.

What if German text no longer fits on a slide?

German is about 20 to 30 % longer, so titles and narrow boxes can overflow. Use "Shrink text on overflow" or shorten the wording on those slides; everything else stays exactly where you designed it.

Are charts translated?

Charts built in PowerPoint keep their translated titles and labels. Charts pasted as pictures are images and stay in English.

Does it work with Keynote or Google Slides?

Export to .pptx first. OpenDocument presentations (.odp) are accepted too.

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