Translate Spanish PDFs & documents to English scanned or digital — without breaking the layout
Scanned Spanish paperwork — birth and marriage certificates, notarized records, school transcripts, medical reports — is one of the most common things people need translated into English for U.S. immigration and university applications. Reglyph reads the scan with OCR, erases the original Spanish text, and rebuilds the page in English so stamps, signatures, and table cells stay exactly where they were.
Working from paper? Scan and translate Spanish to English — how to get a usable scan, and what happens to it.
Why scanned Spanish is tricky
Spanish uses accented characters (á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ, ü) that low-quality OCR often drops or mangles. Reglyph keeps the accents intact and preserves the original column and table structure that official forms rely on.
Common scanned Spanish documents we translate
These are the Spanish-language documents people most often translate to English — each keeps its original layout, seals, and tables.
- Birth & marriage certificates
- School & university transcripts
- Notarized declarations (actas)
- Medical records & reports
- Police & background certificates
- Property deeds & contracts
How to translate a scanned Spanish document
Upload your PDF
Drop in a scanned Spanish PDF (one from your phone's scanner app works) or a digital PDF. Image-only PDFs are fine — no text layer needed.
We read & translate
OCR extracts the Spanish text, then it's translated to English while the original text is erased from the page.
Download, layout intact
Get a clean PDF where tables, figures, stamps, and numbers sit exactly where they were.
Spanish → English — frequently asked
Can I translate a scanned Spanish birth certificate to English?
Yes. Upload the scanned PDF (one made with your phone's scanner app works too) and Reglyph produces an English version that keeps the original certificate layout — fields, seals, and signature lines stay in place.
Is the translation accepted for USCIS / immigration?
Reglyph produces an accurate machine translation that preserves the layout. For official USCIS use, a certified human translator must still sign a certification statement — many people use Reglyph to get the draft and layout right first.
Does it keep accents and the ñ?
Yes. Spanish accented characters and the ñ are handled correctly, which matters for names and addresses on official documents.
Can I use this as a Spanish to English PDF converter?
Yes — it converts a Spanish PDF into an English PDF, including scans. Each page is OCR'd, translated, and rebuilt with the original layout, so certificates and forms come out looking like the source document.
Is this a Spanish to English translation service?
It's the instant, online version of one: upload a scanned Spanish document and the English version — same layout, same structure — is ready in minutes, with 5 pages free. When a certified translation is required, a translator or agency reviews and certifies that draft.
Choose your plan
Simple, scan-friendly pricing. Pages are pages — no multiplier for scanned files.
Pay-as-you-go
Translate a few pages. No commitment.
$0.30 a page, from 10 pages — you pay for exactly 10 pages.
- Pages never expire
- Up to 100 MB per file
Lite
Most popularFor individuals with scans to translate every month.
Pro
For high-volume users with scans to translate every week.
- $0.06 / page
- 500 pages every month
- Unused pages roll over (up to 1,500)
- Up to 100 MB per file
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