Shortcut action Get text from PDF in non-English ?

Is it possible to get non English text from PDF via shortcut? iOS 18.4

I tried changing Preferred Language & Region to English and alternative language but still getting strange text mixed with English.

iPhone 12, iOS 18

Posted on Apr 10, 2025 6:34 AM

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VikingOSX

Level 10

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Apr 10, 2025 7:26 AM in response to Sunnyintoronto123

The Shortcuts application in iOS 18.4 has a couple of actions that might be useful to you:

Get Text from PDF
Translate Text from Detected Language to English (US).

When you tap the English word in the second action, it opens a long menu of other languages as the language translation target. If the desired translation language is not on that menu, you are out of luck.

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Shortcut action Get text from PDF in non-English ?

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