Translate DOC from Korean to English
A DOC file translates from Korean to English in full, automatically. DOC is converted to EPUB first, and the EPUB is what gets translated. The preview is free and pricing starts at 249 RUB per book.
What happens to your file
DOC is converted to EPUB first, and the EPUB is what gets translated. Worth knowing up front: you download EPUB, not the original DOC. Chapter structure, table of contents and images survive the conversion.
How the translation runs
- The DOC file is converted to EPUB — a required step, since this format cannot be translated directly.
- Structure is extracted from the EPUB: table of contents, chapter boundaries, images and metadata.
- Text is translated segment by segment with surrounding context.
- The EPUB is rebuilt with translated text and the original structure.
- You download EPUB. The file is not converted back to DOC.
What is preserved
Translating DOC preserves:
- chapter breaks and part ordering
- images and their captions
Korean to English: what changes
English text usually runs about 33% longer than the source. For DOC that means the translated file grows and pagination shifts.
This pair crosses writing systems: Hangul to Latin. For DOC that means embedding a font covering the target character set, otherwise glyphs render as empty boxes.
What makes translation into English harder:
- subjects are frequently dropped and inferred from context
What makes the Korean original harder to read
Difficulty comes from the source language as much as the target. Here is what has to be untangled in Korean text:
- The original does not separate words with spaces, so phrase boundaries have to be recovered algorithmically — and that determines where the text is cut into translation segments.
- Korean originals are more compact than most languages: one character carries more meaning, so a short page can expand into a noticeably longer translation.
- honorific suffixes encode relationships between characters; ignoring them strips a layer of meaning from dialogue
- the verb sits at the end, so the meaning of a sentence only resolves at the last word
- politeness level is grammatically encoded and has to be recognised to keep the register right
- the subject is often omitted, so who is acting has to be inferred from preceding sentences
What to keep in mind
- The file you download is EPUB, not DOC. There is no conversion back.
- This is a legacy format and files often have non-standard structure. If conversion fails, you get a full refund.
What can go wrong
The honest weak points of this particular combination:
- Pagination in EPUB will not match the original: the text length changed and EPUB reflows to the reader's screen.
- In technical writing, terms can be rendered differently across chapters. If consistency is critical, use the Premium tier with its double pass.
- If the translation fails, you get a full refund — the request form is on the site.
What it costs
Basic is 249 RUB for a book up to 200 thousand words; Premium is 445 RUB. The exact price is calculated once the file is uploaded and the real word count is known. A free preview shows translation quality before you pay.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does it cost to translate DOC?
- From 249 RUB per book up to 200 thousand words on Basic, or 445 RUB on Premium. The exact price appears once the file is uploaded.
- What format do I get back?
- EPUB. The original DOC is converted to EPUB before translation, and there is no conversion back.
- Can I check the quality before paying?
- Yes. A sample of the book is translated automatically after upload so you can compare it against the original. Payment comes after that.
- How long does translating a book take?
- Usually from tens of minutes to a few hours depending on length. Progress is visible on the order page and the finished file arrives by email.
- How is this different from machine translation?
- Translation runs through large language models with surrounding context rather than word by word. The difference shows in dialogue, terminology and long descriptive passages.
