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Show HN: Translate Slides and Images

Slidelang, a new tool launched on Hacker News, translates text inside PowerPoint files and Google Slides presentations, including text embedded in images, while preserving layout and styling. The service offers a free first translation and pay-per-use pricing, contrasting with subscription-based alternatives like DeepL and PowerPoint Copilot that leave image text untranslated or lack automatic whole-deck workflows.

read4 min views1 publishedJul 14, 2026

First translation free

Upload a PPTX or public Google Slides link. Your first translation is free after Google sign-in, with layout and styling preserved.

Paste a public Google Slides link — no export needed. Get the result back as PPTX or saved straight to Google Slides.

Charts, diagrams and screenshots carry text that file translators skip. Slidelang can translate the text inside your visuals.

No subscription. Your first deck is free, then you buy credits only when you need them.

Proof, not a mockup

Five real PowerPoint files translated by the live Slidelang pipeline. Compare every slide, layout and editable text box yourself.

Real deck Text only Text + visuals Where alternatives fall short
AI for professionals307 slides · English → German
3 credits · $0.60
—Not run — deliberately disabled
At 133 MB, this file exceeds DeepL’s published PPTX limits on its listed plans. PowerPoint leaves media text unchanged; ChatGPT upload is not a quoted whole-deck translation workflow.
Anatomy & physiology8 slides · Spanish → English
1 credit · $0.20
25 credits · $5.00
Nine image labels were translated in place. DeepL and PowerPoint document that text embedded in images is left unchanged.
Nervous-system processing16 slides · Spanish → French
1 credit · $0.20
25 credits · $5.00
This technical deck needs translated text to remain fitted inside dense layouts. PowerPoint says Copilot does not adjust font size or layout when text becomes longer.
Language & cognition12 slides · Spanish → Italian
1 credit · $0.20
25 credits · $5.00
Slidelang checked 15 visuals and safely left all of them untouched because none contained suitable short labels. The result shows the safety filter, not a staged success.
Uber pitch deck25 slides · English → Spanish
1 credit · $0.20
25 credits · $5.00
ChatGPT can work with uploaded PPTX files conversationally, but its documented workflow is not an automatic, pre-priced translation that returns the whole preserved deck.
Uber pitch deck25 slides · English → Chinese (Mandarin)
1 credit · $0.20
25 credits · $5.00
The editable deck is translated into Simplified Chinese, while two eligible raster charts are also translated in place. Sixteen unsuitable visuals remain safely unchanged instead of being fabricated.

Quotes generated by Slidelang on July 13, 2026. Each price appears in its own translation-mode column. Dollar values use the $2 pay-as-you-go pack (10 credits); checkout is sold in packs.

Comparison sources: DeepL file limits · DeepL embedded-image limitation · PowerPoint Copilot limitations · ChatGPT file workflows.

No surprise at checkout

Most text-only PowerPoint files cost 1 credit — $0.20 with the pay-as-you-go pack. Larger decks use one credit per started 1,000 passages. Visual translation is quoted separately before any charge.

Your deck is not the product

German hosting The service runs at Hetzner in Germany, not in an unspecified “cloud”.

Short-lived files Quotes expire after about 30 minutes; translated download links after about one hour.

The file stays here The PPTX archive is never sent to third parties or used for model training. Only extracted text — and eligible images if you enable visual translation — are sent for translation.

DeepL translates PPTX files well, but it needs a subscription, does not accept Google Slides links, and leaves text inside images untranslated. Slidelang covers all three: paste a Google Slides link, translate the text in your charts and screenshots, and pay per deck instead of per month.

Yes. Slidelang rewrites only the text inside your existing shapes, so fonts, colors, positions, animations and slide masters stay untouched. Translated text is refitted so it does not overflow the original text boxes.

Most PowerPoint files translated without images use 1 credit — $0.20 with the pay-as-you-go pack. Your first deck (up to 1,000 text passages) is free after Google sign-in. Visual translation is quoted separately before anything is charged, and no subscription is required.

Your PPTX archive is processed temporarily on servers hosted by Hetzner in Germany and is never sent to third parties. Only extracted text — and eligible images when visual translation is enabled — are sent to configured AI translation providers. Quotes expire after about 30 minutes and download links after about 1 hour. Uploaded presentations are not used to train models.

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